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[Colorado700R]

Next time I'll hit that F@cker, I hate stray dogs

Dog the Bounty Hunter dodges a bullet to get Springs fugitive
April 22, 2009 - 7:07 AM
LANCE BENZEL
THE GAZETTE
Dog the Bounty Hunter reportedly encountered gunfire while chasing down a bail jumper in Colorado Springs on Tuesday night while cameras were rolling for his TV show.

Television personality Duane "Dog" Chapman and frequent sidekick Bobby Brown of Colorado Springs told police they were uninjured and managed to get their man six hours later, racking up another headline for their clip file.

"You prepare for the worst but when it happens, there's just no preparation," said Brown, the owner of Bobby Brown Bail Bonds and a longtime friend of Chapman.

The pair and their entourage had been seeking Hoang Nguyen, one of Brown's clients, as part of Chapman's reality television series on the A&E network.

"The cameras were behind me and they catch it all," Brown said. "I would hazard to guess that 99.999 (percent), it's on tape."

Nguyen, 35, missed a court date Feb. 9 in Colorado Springs on a domestic violence charge, skipping out on the $12,000 bond Brown had paid on his behalf.

After searching for leads at Vietnamese businesses and restaurants all day, the crew received a tip that Nguyen could be found at his new apartment, at the Galley Apartments at 3617 E. Uintah Ave. in east Colorado Springs, Brown said.

They spotted Nguyen in the parking lot upon arriving, and when Nguyen realized he'd been found, the fugitive turned and fired a single shot from a handgun, Brown said. He raced away on what Brown described as a "red crotch rocket."

"We were blessed because the Colorado Springs Police Department showed up with a great deal of force," he said. "They really helped with crowd control and taking reports and getting the whole situation under control."

Some of the bounty hunters on the crew, Chapman included, were armed with guns that shoot pepper spray pellets and fired at Nguyen as he sped away, Brown said.  They finally caught up with the suspect at 1:30 a.m. in an alley near the apartments, where according to Brown, the man was caught after another chase.

Police investigating the shooting found no shell casings or bullet holes, said Colorado Springs police spokesman Lt. David Whitlock.  Police were pursuing attempted murder charges on the basis of witness accounts alone, he said.

Nguyen, who is being held on a $25,000 bond, was advised of the pending charges in court Wednesday. His next court date was set for April 30.

Chapman, a Colorado native, last drew headlines in Colorado Springs in 2005 at the Aztec Motel on Platte Avenue, where he and Brown were searching for a fugitive. His son, Leland Chapman, was accused of assaulting the motel owner during a brawl in the parking lot.

Whitlock said Chapman's appearances in Colorado Springs have a way of going awry.

"Clearly, when Mr. Chapman and his group come to town, we seem to find a way to involve law enforcement in a way that isn't productive to community service," he said.

Chapman and his television crew are expected to continue filming in Colorado Springs over the next several weeks, Brown said. He did not know when the television show would air an episode based on Tuesday's confrontation.

[Krandall]

badass 

[Flynbyu]

BBC-Doctors in Asia are treating an increasing number of men with severe injuries who have tried to increase the size of their penises by injecting themselves with Vaseline and other oils.

Now doctors in the West say the trend for self-injection is catching on in the UK and the US.


The man had used a high-pressure pneumatic grease gun to inject his penis

Mr Manit Arya
All in the name of the perfect body.

Injuries consist of severe deformations caused by tissue damage and erectile dysfunction.

Gangrene can also develop if injection causes infection.

"The practice of embellishing the human body by injecting oils beneath the skin has been known for over a century," according to urologist, Institute of Urology and Nephrology (IUN) in London, Mr Manit Arya.

"Increasing the size of the girth of the penis is common in South East Asia as well as in Japan."

"For instance, in Japan, the Yakuza often plant spherical objects under the skin of the penis to increase its size," said Mr Manit.

Travel

Doctors believe that men in Britain may be becoming interested in the practice after travelling to Asia on holiday.


In all of these cases of penis enlargement by injection of oils, dangerous side effects develop

Mr Manit Arya
However, Mr Manit and his colleagues at the IUN were extremely surprised when a 31-year old British born man presented at their clinic for treatment recently for gross abnormality of the penis and ulceration as a result of injecting oils under his skin.

"This was the first case we had seen. It was a very interesting case.

"The man had used a high-pressure pneumatic grease gun to inject his penis.

"But the girth of the man's penis continued to grow and he was no longer able to achieve an erection.

"He needed urgent treatment for both problems."

The man was treated by careful removal of dead tissue under the skin of the penis by surgery.

Counselling

He was also offered psychological counselling.

He apparently injected himself with oil to give himself more confidence sexually.

Although plastic surgeons currently conduct gender operations where a man or woman has their genitals altered, no plastic surgeon will conduct a penis girth enlargement operation.

"Unlike breast implants where some women experience severe side effects, in all of these cases of penis enlargement by injection of oils, dangerous side effects develop," Mr Manit said.

"The skin of the penis either dies or else becomes severely ulcerated in all cases."

Gender operations are currently performed in the UK when a doctor believes a person's psychological health depends on a sex change operation.

Mr Manit was one of the researchers of a IUN team who recently published a paper on grease gun injury in the Journal of The Royal Society of Medicine.

Poor lil' buggas.

~Brian

[Peelz]

shoving a grease gun up your wanker..... Awesome!

[Krandall]

holy crap... that's insane.. wtf... damn asians and their tiny pee-pees.

[Flynbyu]

I even saw a documentary on Discovery Health that showed guys buying a bag of plastic pellets (similar to those in Airsoft guns) going to a some guy in a shack that slices their junk open, and shoves the pellets around their shaft. If I remember correctly, it was in the Philippines. They only charged $5. It was nasty....Think of the infection you would get!

~Brian

[Peelz]

I even saw a documentary on Discovery Health that showed guys buying a bag of plastic pellets (similar to those in Airsoft guns) going to a some guy in a shack that slices their junk open, and shoves the pellets around their shaft. If I remember correctly, it was in the Philippines. They only charged $5. It was nasty....Think of the infection you would get!

~Brian

Yuck, saw that too. First thing that came to mind:  Krandall!

[Colorado700R]

Earth-Like Planet Found Orbiting Far-Off Star

What may be the smallest extrasolar planet, measuring less than twice the size of Earth, has been discovered orbiting a sun-like star.

The world is far hotter than ours, however. And controversy over the size claim has heated up, too.

Astronomers used the COROT space telescope (a mission led by the French Space Agency, and also involving the European Space Agency and others) to detect the new planet as it transited its parent star, dimming the light from the star as it passed in front of it.

The host star is located 457 light-years from Earth, where one light-year is the distance light will travel in a year, or about 6 trillion miles (10 trillion kilometers).

"For the first time, we have unambiguously detected a planet that is 'rocky' in the same sense as our own Earth," said Malcolm Fridlund, ESA's COROT Project Scientist. "We now have to understand this object further to put it into context, and continue our search for smaller, more Earth-like objects with COROT."

He added, "This discovery is a very important step on the road to understanding the formation and evolution of our planet."

"It looks like the mass is not well-determined and so that's why they're saying they're not sure what the density is," Seager told SPACE.com. "They think it is terrestrial-like. It might have water ice, or it might have rocks, but it's certainly not a gas giant."

COROT scientists estimate the planet ranges from 5.7 to 11 Earth masses.

Hot discovery

One big difference in the newfound planet compared to Earth: COROT-Exo-7b is located very close to its star, orbiting once every 20 hours.

Its temperature is so high, ranging from 1,832 to 2,732 degrees Fahrenheit (1,000 to 1,500 degrees Celsius) that the researchers say the exoplanet could be covered in lava or water vapor.

The density of the planet is still under investigation, though scientists say it may be rocky like Earth and covered in liquid lava.

COROT-Exo-7b may also belong to a class of planets that are thought to be made up of water and rock in almost equal amounts. Given the high temperatures measured, the planet would likely be a very hot and humid place.

"Finding such a small planet was not a complete surprise," said Daniel Rouan, researcher at the Observatoire de Paris Lesia, who coordinates the project with Alain Leger, from Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale. "COROT-Exo-7b belongs to a class of objects whose existence had been predicted for some time."

Small and odd

Very few of the more than 300 exoplanets found so far have a mass comparable to that of Earth and the other terrestrial planets — Venus, Mars and Mercury. That's because terrestrial planets are extremely difficult to detect.

Of the Earth-like planets detected, this is the first one spotted using the so-called transit method, which can yield both the planet's mass and radius. Other methods just reveal the planet's mass, Seager said.

The newfound planet's size status is also questioned. When astronomers study planets, they're interested in both mass and diameter.

"The claim that it is the 'smallest exoplanet' found to date is not correct," said planet-formation theorist Alan Boss of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. "It is the smallest mass exoplanet found to date that transits, but other hot super-Earths have been found that do not transit but have lower masses."

Boss was not involved in the current discovery.

For instance, he adds Gliese 876 d has "a minimum mass of 5.9 Earth masses and a best estimate for the true mass of 7.5 Earth masses."

Most of the methods used so far are indirect and sensitive to the mass of the planet, which is why bigger worlds are easier to detect.

COROT can directly measure the size of a planet's surface, which is an advantage to astronomers. In addition, because the probe is in space, it has longer periods of uninterrupted observation than from the ground.

The internal structure of COROT-Exo-7b particularly puzzles scientists, as they are unsure whether it is an "ocean planet," a kind of planet whose existence has never been proved so far.

In theory, such planets would initially be covered partially in ice, and they would later drift toward their star, with the ice melting to cover it in liquid.

[Peelz]

Interesting.

[Krandall]

Detroit woman's underwire bra deflects bullet
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090423/ap_on_fe_st/odd_bullet_stopping_bra;_ylt=AsZVbRqFdhmhj0kIpT5Qy9HtiBIF

DETROIT – The metal underwire in a Detroit woman's bra was credited with deflecting a bullet fired at her during a break-in at a neighbor's home. Detroit police Officer Leon Rahmaan said the 57-year-old woman apparently looked out her window Tuesday when one of three men fired the shot.

He said the slug smashed through her window pane before hitting the bra's underwire. It did not penetrate her skin.

Police said she may have gone to the window after a burglar alarm at the house next door sounded. Her neighbor was not at home at the time.

The suspects drove away after the shooting.

[Flynbyu]

CNN)  -- Venezuela will give a 300-acre island in the Delaware River to the state of New Jersey, the governor's office announced.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez used the Earth Day celebration to announce the transfer of Petty's Island.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez used the Earth Day celebration to announce the transfer of Petty's Island.

The Venezuelan-owned Citgo Petroleum Corp. had bought Petty's Island -- between Camden, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- to use as a fuel storage facility.

The island is home to a pair of American bald eagles as well as several great blue herons and state-endangered black-crowned night herons, New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine said in a news release Wednesday.

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez announced the island's transfer as part of Wednesday's Earth Day celebrations. Plans are being finalized for the transition, which will not occur before 2020, Corzine's office said.

"Earth Day is a fitting time to consummate the donation of this special place," Corzine said in the news release. "Petty's Island has become an important home to bald eagles, kestrels and a wide variety of waterfowl. We are opening a new chapter in the island's long history by restoring it and giving it back to nature and the people of New Jersey."

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection must certify that Citgo's cleanup of the island has met state standards before the title can be transferred, the news release said.

Citgo has agreed to create a $2 million fund to allow the Natural Lands Trust, a state land-preservation board, to manage the island, the release said. The company is setting up another $1 million fund to help establish a cultural and education center.

Activities on the island will be limited to hiking and bicycle riding, the governor's office said.

~Brian

[Krandall]

Way to step it up! I'm sure there is some sort of kick back for them though.

[Flynbyu]

Way to step it up! I'm sure there is some sort of kick back for them though.

Mafia!



I wonder if Hugo Chavez will join my mafia?

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

(CNN) -- Stop, speed racers, stop.


So said Oregon State Senior Trooper David Petersen after he was able to catch up with six exotic sports cars on a stretch of Highway 18 near Grand Ronde on Thursday, according to a news release.

Perhaps a more amazing feat was that he stopped all the cars simultaneously.

"They just were all good little soldiers and pulled right over," Oregon State Police spokesman Lt. Gregg Hastings told CNN.

One of the drivers was later cited again on a different highway.

The drivers of the cars -- consisting of Ferraris, a Lamborghini and an Acura NSX -- told Petersen they were part of a group of 20 similar cars making an annual road trip, the news release said.

They were all cordial and cooperative, and were cited with speed racing, a class A traffic violation that can command a fine of $627, Hastings said.

After receiving reports Thursday morning that several sports cars were speeding and passing in no-pass zones west of Grand Ronde, Petersen set up east of the casino town, near McMinnville, and waited.

Five of the cars soon blew past him, running about 100 mph in a 55-mph zone, Hastings said. As Petersen pulled onto Highway 18 in pursuit, a sixth car passed him.

"I guess when you're going too fast, you're in a rock and a hard place," Hastings said.

Highway 18 runs from Dayton, Oregon, in the Willamette Valley to the Pacific coast. The stretch where the cars were cited is considered particularly dangerous and the Oregon Department of Transportation provides additional funding to enforce traffic laws there, Hastings said.

About two hours after the incident, another trooper pulled over the Lamborghini from the group in Multnomah Falls, about 90 miles east. The driver of the car, which bore the the license plate "BADBUL," was cited for driving 90 in a 65-mph zone, according to a news release.

[Flynbyu]

You can't out run a radio, but I would not have stopped right away.

~Brian