Largest Wild-Caught Koi?
dailymail - It might look like an enormously generous fairground prize.
But no goldfish bowl in the world could contain this catch.
The orange koi carp weighs 30lb - the same as an average three-year-old girl - and is thought to be one of the largest of its kind ever captured.
It took Raphael Biagini ten minutes to reel the creature out of a lake in the south of France - moments after fellow anglers told him they had spent six years trying to snare the legendary 'giant goldfish'.
Mr Biagini, pictured, said: 'To begin with, we couldn't tell what was at the end of the line, but we knew it was big.
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181 Chicken Wings in 12 Minutes!
In this photo provided by National Buffalo Wing Festival, Sonya Thomas is proclaimed the winner at 2010 Wing Fest in Buffalo, N.Y, on Sunday. Thomas, known as the "Black Widow" of eating contests gobbled up nearly 181 chicken wings in 12 minutes, devouring the national championship record.
NOTE: she's 5 foot tall and weighs 105 lbs....where the hell does she put it?
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Stormy Seas
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The impact of massive waves that struck a cruise ship during a storm off New Zealand have been revealed by CCTV footage posted on the internet.
Pacific Sun Cruise liner, carrying 1732 passengers and 671 crew, was caught in a severe storm on July 30, 2008, encountering seven-metre swells and 50 knot winds.
Passengers who were aboard the journey were offered a 25 per cent reduction in the cost of a future cruise.
NOTE: I wonder how many people took advantage of the discount?
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"2 asteroids to pass close to the Earth on Wednesday...just in time, because the Rapture is also scheduled for today..."
From September 2nd, 2010 - 2010rapture - It should be pretty clear that the studies found in the book and this website look to this Feast of Trumpets 2010 (September 9th) as the time of the Rapture of the Church. That is less than a week away. Time is quickly running out.
The observed calendar places Trumpets as starting September 8th at sundown and the first day runs to sundown September 9th. The next day is also observed by Judaism in case the 9th was declared in error by being too early. However, there are also those who hold to the first observable sliver of the moon as the first of the month. There is a remote possibility of it being viewed on September 9th at evening, but is more likely t be seen on September 10th, making September 11th the Feast of Trumpets according to this view. It may be the best approach to remain alert through all of these days, watching for all sets of possibilities. However, it is believed here that September 8-9th will be the proper day (depending on location).
So what may be the time for the Rapture? At the onset of the day (dusk) in Israel? Or at the fullness of the day throughout the world? Or does it end when the final trumpet sounds during the feast?
When the Church received the Spirit, it was at 9 in the morning, true Jerusalem time (Acts 2:15). Under the current time structure of the world, this would mean that about the whole world would be in the day of the feast, if this is the time. In Hawaii it would be 8 o'clock at night after the start of Trumpets. In Auckland, New Zealand it would be 6 o'clock at night and at the conclusion of Trumpets. That is something to consider.
But it would also be smart to consider all of the watch periods throughout the day!
Anyone with other good insights, please forward them...
Other facts to think about:
When the moon is at conjunction it will be 1030 Universal Time (1230 Jerusalem Time) on September 8, 2010.
1236 Jerusalem Time is real noon on September 8th and 9th.
Jerusalem sunrise is 0618 on September 8th.
Jerusalem sunset is 1855 on September 8th.
Jerusalem sunrise is 0619 on September 9th.
Jerusalem sunset is 1853 on September 9th.
NOTE: Uh...did I miss the 'naming of the Anti-Christ?'
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Preparing for the 'Zombie Apocalypse'
madmikesamerica - Zombie studies has been added to the curriculum at the University of Baltimore. The new course, which promises to “get you ready for a zombie apocalypse”, invites students to devour classic zombie films and comics.
The new course, will allow students to “get you ready for a zombie apocalypse”, they will be able eat up classic zombie films and comics. Instead of essays, they write horror scripts or draw storyboards for their ideal monster movie.
The minor class, titled English 333, has already been dubbed “Zombie 101″ by the Baltimore Sun newspaper. It was introduced to meet a demand for “interesting, off-the-wall” courses for a new minor in pop culture, according to Jonathan Shorr, chairman of the university’s school of communications design.
“It’s a back door into a lot of subjects,” he told the Baltimore Sun.
“They think they’re taking this wacko zombie course, and they are. But on the way, they learn how literature and mass media work, and how they come to reflect our times.”
However, horror fans will be pleased to find that the class also explores two less academic themes: “blood and guts”.
“We’re going to be dealing with some of the truly disgusting stuff that’s been done in horror over the years,” said Arnold Blumberg, author of Zombiemania, who teaches the course. “I want to reinforce the degree to which this material can be found offensive by a lot of people. This is not fluffy bunny cartoon stuff. Bunnies might show up, but they’d probably be torn to pieces.”
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Lawyer Accused of 'Channeling' Client's Dead Wife
law.com - In what could be a first, an Arizona attorney may face disciplinary action after an investigation found that she told a client she was channeling his dead wife, then lied about it during an unrelated disciplinary proceeding.
An Arizona Supreme Court hearing officer recently filed a report on the conduct of Charna Johnson, who began representing the client in 1999 in divorce proceedings after meeting him in a ballroom dancing class. The client's wife committed suicide the following year and Johnson handled the probate matters.
Within days of the death, Johnson began telling her client that "his deceased wife Jan had 'come' to her and that Jan's 'spirit' was 'inside' her and that she could communicate Jan's thoughts," according to the report. The client testified that Johnson pressured him to have a sexual relationship, although she told the investigator that the references to sex were coming from the deceased wife, not herself. The report recommends Johnson be suspended for six months.
Fortean / Oddball News - 9/8/2010
