Authorities in the small quaint Austrian village, oh-so-happily named F*cking, are clamping down on tourists that perform sexually explicit poses in front of their signboards by installing CCTV cameras.
F*cking authorities stated that they were tired of tourists acting out the name of the village in front of their signboards while the cameras were clicking. A disgruntled F*cking resident, stated that they were a 'very traditional community' and further added that F*cking villagers found 'this sort of public display shocking.'
They hope that the CCTV cameras will discourage crude poses with their signboards and also deter some overly enthusiastic tourists from stealing the signs.
The name of the village is believed to have originated in the 6th century from a noble name Lord Focko. The 'ing' was added as it means 'family off' in Old German. There was a vote in 2004 to change the name of the town, but the F*cking residents voted against it.
The highland town of Bundanoon has become the first town in Australia to impose a ban on commercially bottled water. The decision came shortly after the state of New South Wales passed a boycott of their own on bottled water.
The decision was made in Bundanoon Memorial Hall two nights ago where 400 of the locals gathered to vote, the biggest turn out for a vote yet. Suffice to say the majority was for the ban as there were only two votes against. Businesses around the small town were unanimous in agreeing with the new sanction.
The election was championed by local business man and head of the 'Bundy on Tap' program, Huw Kingston. The motivation behind the ban is to reduce the carbon footprint left by the bottled water industry. Bottling and transportation is said to be major contirbutors to CO2 emmissions and the sleepy town of Bundanoon wants to do their part to help curb the problem.
A 600ml plastic bottle for example uses about 200ml of oil to produce. This doesn't include the energy used to transport the bottles and that required to destroy/recycle the bottle.
The 'Bundy on Tap' program is their alternative. Free water fountains that are installed all around the little village to ensure residents and visiting tourists never go thirsty.
Residents of the town commented that they hope to be the catalyst of change to a much larger movement. Whether these 400 people can trigger something off is yet to be seen.
A major move like this comes will of course be accompanied with controversy as well. Head of the Australasian Bottled Water Institute, Geoff Parker, conveyed his disappointment over the new actions and commented that the move restricts consumer choice.
"The environmental footprint of one bottle of water of locally produced water would be much smaller than a tin of canned tomatoes imported from overseas, some imported cheese, or French champagne," he said according to the Daily Telegraph.
A teacher in California wanted to leave her students some fond memories of their time together, so she made for them a special DVD of class activities. Much to her dismay one of the videos included in the DVD was a six second clip of her pleasuring herself.
Crystal Defanti (not a porn name) teaches elementary school in Isabelle Jackson Elementary School. She created the DVD in her home computer and distributed copies of it to her entire elementary class unaware of the extra footage that got into the final copy. She only found out about the home-video when a distraught parent called her after seeing it for himself.
After learning of this, an apologetic and panicked Defanti immediately contacted the other parents pleading with them to quickly destroy the DVDs. Something that didn't happen obviously since CBS news was playing the footage on their program.
The school board commented that they would not sack Defanti as she was a good teacher and the whole incident was unintentional. They also commented that nothing illegal had happened and disciplinary actions on Defanti will be conducted within the school. To the parents, the school board simply advised them to destroy the DVD.
Most of the parents have not objected to the ruling but have pushed to get counseling for their children. Particularly to answer the subsequent long list of questions the students undoubtedly have.
A coffee company in Malaysia was raided by authorities yesterday, who seized 9000 sachets of Viagra laced coffee worth over $72,000 ringgit (US$20,000). The coffee mixture was being marketed by the company to have a secret ingredient which "perked up" customers.
The manufacturer managed to avoid detection for a long time by selling their coffee sachets in small quantities through a tight distribution channel. Health officials however caught wind of the product when they discovered it was being sold for quadruple the price of regular coffee.
Authorities commented that usually when coffee is being sold at such a premium there is a large chance that it contains the ingredient, sildenafil, which is the key ingredient in Viagra.
Sildenafil or Viagra is a controlled substance in Malaysia, and is only allowed to be purchased in pharamacies providing customers present a doctor's prescription.
The coffee company in Gombak, Kuala Lumpur marketed their product as being beneficial to men along with providing an energy boost. Authorities do not know how many sachets have already been sold but believe that they have been distributed nationwide.
Sildenafil can be dangerous to those with heart problems or high blood pressure. Other side effects include headaches, stomach aches, hearing loss, vision impairment and muscle pain.
Tong Liangliang was dealt a bad card when he was born with a hernia. Something that undoubtedly causes a great deal of discomfort. His best way to deal with the pain was to light up and smoke a cigarette. His father introduced cigarettes to him, and admitted it proudly to reporters.
At first he was given a cigarette whenever the pain got too bad. It would be one or two a day. The nicotine soon took over and the cravings came about more often.
CRI news agency reported that his father started him on the habit when he found no other way to calm him down during his tantrums. His father said that he was too young for an operation to remove the hernia, so in between the bottle feedings and bedtime stories, he slipped Tong a cigarette to calm his nerves.
His father figured this was harmless until the toddler's demands for a cigarette came about more frequently. He did this with temper tantrums by screaming and throwing himself to the floor until there was no other option but to pass him a smoke. His father saw no other way but to keep feeding his habit. Tong today, smokes about a pack a day, sometimes more, making him the youngest smoker....or at least the youngest admitted smoker the world has seen.
Yummy mummy, Jamie Czerniawski who was a contestant on reality TV show 'Wife Swap' has been arrested for stabbing her husband.
The altercation started when Jamie received a late night phone call from a male friend shortly after 1am. Her husband allegedly threatened her in a jealous rage causing Jamie to stab him in self-defense.
That was one side of the story anyway as Charles' attorney denies his client attacked Jamie and stated the stabbing was not out of self-defense.
Both sides have taken restraining orders out against each other. Jamie also alleged that Charles has emptied the bank accounts and cut all financial ties with her and her three children.
Jamie and Charles starred in Wife Swap in 2006 when Jamie swapped places with a tattooed woman from Arizona that worked in a 'Freak Show'.
Jamie was charged with aggravated assault and is currently out on $75,000 bail.
Reports from ANSA news agency stated that an Italian woman who was late for the doomed Air France 447 flight died a few days after in a car accident.
Johanna Ganthaler and her husband were late to arrive at the airport for their scheduled flight on Air France 447. The retired couple who were on vacation in Brazil luckily avoided boarding the ill-fated flight and managed to board a later flight that day
Once in Munich, Germany the couple rented a car to drive back home to Italy only to meet with a dreaded car crash after swerving in the opposite lane and colliding with a truck. Johanna survived the crash but died later in the hospital, her husband is still in critical condition.
The Air France flight AF447 flying from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, France was believed to have gone down in the early hours of June 1st over the Atlantic Ocean. Investigators are still uncovering the circumstances of the planes ultimate demise but it is believed that the plane broke apart shortly before crashing. Reports state they were 228 people aboard.
Thomas Beattie, the so-called 'Pregnant Man' gave birth to a healthy baby-boy on Tuesday morning according to reports. The former beauty queen was born Tracy Beattie, but underwent sex-reassignment surgery and changed her/his legal status into a man.
This is Beattie's and his wife Nancy's second child. Beattie, 35, retained his female reproductive organs and decided to have the child after realizing that his 46 year old wife was unable to reproduce.
He reportedly stayed off his testosterone treatment after the first child in order to have number two.
A prison nurse is embattled in a civil suit after being accused of giving an inmate 3 days of on and off erections. The New York Post reported Dawud Yadullah, 43, suffered 55 hours of agony as a side effect of the medication the nurse had given him.
Yadullah said that the ordeal left him with "irreparable damage....including erectile dysfunction, inability to ejaculate and pain during sexual intercourse." He complained that it has taken a toll on his personal life and caused a strain in his marriage. Court papers also allege that he may require a prosthesis to regain any kind of sexual function.
Yadullah was in the Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill in 2006 where he was being treated with the anti-psychotic drug, Seroquel. His nurse at the time, 63 year old Judith Lovelace increased his dose by 25%.
The side effect of the increase was a painful erection which he went to seek attention for after spending three days with the condition. Yadullah claimed that Lovelace allegedly did nothing despite him spending 14 hours in a row at full staff. Instead he was just told to "ice his penis".
No monetary value has been put on the law suit, instead court papers request for stiff punishment for Lovelace due to her "uncivilized conduct".
Lovelace is said to have retired in 2007 and has yet to comment on the allegations.
