The 1000 Day Holiday

Most people are keen to stay out of the pooh, but not some foolhardy Motueka swimmers and kayakers.

Motueka Community Board is having to warn swimmers to stay out of its sewage ponds.

Chairman Cliff Satherley said board members were “flabbergasted” at the discovery.

“We couldn’t believe it. It defies logic.”

The ponds are fenced and locked but Tasman District Council staff reported finding people kayaking, swimming and picnicking in the area, he said.

Mr Satherley said the ponds looked almost like a scenic area but the signs, fencing and occasional smell should be enough to keep people away.

“You’d think common sense would prevail.”

The council would erect more signs at the site.
Swimmers urged to stay out of sewage ponds

Wood pigeons in Whangarei, New Zealand, are having to be rescued after becoming drunk on guava berries.

The berries ferment and intoxicate them, the BBC reports. A hard winter killed their usual forest food.

Twenty-six birds had been rescued in the past month, said Robert Webb of the Whangarei Native Bird Recovery Centre.

“The birds are coming into the city to look for food and are eating the guava berries, which gets them paralytic.

“We have to sober them up, give them lots of water and fresh liquids and keep them for a few days.”
Tipsy pigeons

Been there, done that? Then put on your horse’s head and get ready for a bizarre journey. Jordan Baker reports.

In the new age of travel, tourists will visit the Opera House blindfolded and ski Thredbo in a horse’s head. They’ll choose their destination with the roll of a dice, arrive on a penny farthing then play croquet on a roundabout. Government waiting rooms will become tourist attractions and brides will hitch-hike from Yass to Yemen wearing their wedding dress.

When freewheeling hippies first hit the Asian trail, travel was adventurous. But these days we think nothing of crossing the Nullarbor, cruising the Mekong or trekking in Antarctica. There’s a guide book to every corner of the globe and Intrepid is the name of a tour company. Travel ennui is setting in; we’ve been there, done that and have the stubby cooler to prove it.

So for the jaded traveller there’s a new frontier: experimental travel. It’s based on the theory that while there might not be anywhere new under the sun, there’s always a different way of looking.

The Lonely Planet Guide to Experimental Travel, by Joel Henry and Rachael Antony, introduces travel of the mind. It proposes bizarre experiments to help travellers get more out of new places or look at old ones with fresh eyes.

Adventure Travel Article

A 15-year-old girl has been rescued from the top of a 40-metre crane she scaled while sleepwalking in London, according to reports.

The girl was spotted on the crane’s boom by passers-by, who called police to the building site in Dulwich thinking it was a suicide bid, the South London Press reports.

But the girl, who has not been named, had apparently managed to climb up the crane and walk across a narrow metal beam while fast asleep on Saturday night

A firefighter from the Forest Hill station then climbed the crane to wait with the girl until a specialist crew arrived.

Dangerous Sleepwalking News Article

After a boy in Bangladesh complained of a stomach ache, doctors discovered a fetus in his abdomen. Apparently, the 4.5 pound fetus was 16-year-old Abu Raihan’s undeveloped twin. Physicians at Bangabadnhu Medical University surgically removed it on Saturday. From the BBC News:

“Apart from the head, all other limbs of the baby were developed,” (said Dr. MA Mazid).

The condition is known as “foetus in foeto”, or inclusion twin.

“In this case the foetus of the baby entered into the foetus of the boy and continued to grow like a tumour in the boy’s abdomen,” gynaecology specialists Nurun Nahar said.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Doctors ‘find dead foetus in boy’

Eww!

Its not often there is news coverage of my fellow non sleepers.

Apparently there was also a documentary on sleep walking on the box the other night.

Oh well, not to worry if my Antics at the sleep clinic are any good, ill get it on DVD for all to see

Sleep disorders now as costly as asthma

Darling Harbour Jazz Festival is on again! 11 – 13 June

Cool Game that tests your google search intuition

Guess-the-google

Apparently I’m not alone:

Prepare for generation Y or suffer staff shortages

Organizations keen to retain IT staff better start preparing for Generation Y.

The next generation of workers are more interested in achieving a work/life balance, an environment for which the IT industry isn’t exactly famous.

Andrew Cross, NSW sales and delivery manager for ICT specialist recruiter Diversiti, said retaining Gen-Y employees challenge companies.

Defined as those born between 1980 and 1995, these new workers are less motivated by money than previous generations because their focus is on personal fulfillment.

“They work to live, and they expect to go straight into a role with a lot of responsibility, instead of expecting to first pay their dues and prove their loyalty,” Cross said.
read more: Generation Y

For once the Government of this country is doing something good.

TAX CUTS!

almost $90 a week better off. Hell, Im happy!