Woman Refused Marriage License
Posted on 11 April 2012 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in Society
A New York City woman, Anna Vargas, is trying to unravel an identity fraud in which someone used her birth certificate to arrange bogus marriages to at least three men from other countries. Vargas only found out about the fraud when she applied for a marriage license in 2004 and was turned down on the [...]
Worldwide Water Crisis
Posted on 11 April 2012 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in environment, Health, Society
The World Bank reports that 80 countries worldwide, have water shortages that threaten health and economies, while 40% of the world population has no access to clean water or sanitation. While only 2.5% of the world’s available water is fresh water, around 2/3 of that is locked up in the polar icecaps and glaciers. About [...]
Internet Caused International Law Blunder
Posted on 11 April 2012 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in Humour, Society
When a police constable confused New South Wales law, in Australia with laws in South Wales, Britain, a shopkeeper was mistakenly warned he could be arrested for selling a pipe-smokers, bong. The PC had decided to brush up on his law on the Internet, through Google. He took an internet print out to the shopkeeper, [...]
Lunch Time Beat
Posted on 11 April 2012 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in Entertainment, Society
In more and more cities across Europe, members of the office staff may return all hot and sweaty after a lunchtime break, but grinning from ear to ear. From office clerks, to business suits, the young to the middle aged even university students, have discovered a new way to ‘relax’ over their lunch hour. The [...]
World’s Longest Bridal Train
Posted on 28 March 2012 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in Society, Women
Some World Guinness Records are weird and none more so than the world’s longest bridal train. It took 10 seamstresses 100 days to create the world’s longest bridal train, with lace imported from France, taffeta and other fabrics purchased from Italy. Seventeen-year-old, Emma Dumitrescu, wore the 3 kilometre long bridal train, that cost around 24,000 [...]
The Bligh Legacy Lives On
Posted on 28 March 2012 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in Politics, Society, Women
From having risen to the dizzying heights of hosting Queen Elizabeth II of England, to an unbelievable resounding defeat, Ann Bligh, ex premier of Queensland, Australia, will now finally regain some semblance of a private life. It was in an obviously badly shaken state, Ann Bligh, bravely announced her immediate resignation from the Australian Labour [...]
Today’s Future Centenarians
Posted on 28 March 2012 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in Society
One in three babies born in 2012 stand a very good chance of becoming centenarians (100 years old), according to the Office for National Statistics. The latest studies say that 40% of girls will reach the milestone, compared to only one third of males. Over 95,000 people, aged 65 in 2012, are expected to celebrate [...]
Flight Chaos And Retired Flight Numbers
Posted on 28 March 2012 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in Society, Travel
During a Los Vegas-bound flight, Captain Clayton Osborne, 49, told the crew they weren’t going to Vegas and began giving a sermon. Osborne then left the cockpit and tried to force his way into an occupied bathroom, before sprinting down the aircraft screaming about a bomb and shouting “They’re going to take us down!” He [...]
Shark Tank On Cruise Ship
Posted on 21 March 2012 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in Society, Travel
Prior to the fall of the Gaddafi regime in Libya, the fourth son of Gadaffi, a trained seaman who controlled Libya’s maritime industry, commissioned a playboy cruise ship with its own shark tank. Hannibal Gaddafi was tired of being unable to charter a cruise ship when he needed it, so he commissioned his own. He [...]
Inspector Clouseau Harassment Payout
Posted on 21 March 2012 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in Society
Appadoure Basile, 38, a French ex-porter at the Royal College of General Practitioners has won a $100,000 figure harassment payout. Basile, who speaks with a discernible French accent, was nicknamed ‘Basil Fawlty’ and ‘Basil Brush’ by his co-workers, applied to the Employment Tribunal over continued harrassment. Fellow workers would shout ‘Basil’ at him and mimic [...]
