Okay, as I continue to wake-up this morning I'm filtering through Eurekalert. This is where I come across a small press release from the American Society of Agronomy, who are reporting findings of a study conducted by the University of Minnesota. I think I'm reading this wrong, I believe what they're saying is that they've found levels of contaminants (fertilizers) in test samples taken from rivers and water tables near farms. That its their belief that if the farmers reduced or stopped using fertilizers, then there would be a reduction or elimination of those contaminants in the rivers and water table. ????????????????????????????????
I'd like to know what congressman or professor wrote the grant request for this study...and POUND them in the head.
-------------------------------------
Also from Eurekalert, this one is taken from the publication Justice Quarterly.
Seems that Ohio State University needed to do a study on adolescent crime in NYC. Here's the opening sentence from the press release;
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A study of young, violent criminals in New York City found that they used fear and intimidation to keep adults from interfering with their criminal activities.
Am I missing something, or is the most appropriate word...Duh!!
------------------------------------
Then on to Weird News of the World
Jonathan Powell, 17, was convicted in April of sexually assaulting a college student in Iowa City, Iowa, after his DNA was found in several places on her body. Powell explained the DNA by claiming that he had merely bumped into the woman accidentally while jogging and had become so "entangled" with her that he was unable to free himself for about "45 minutes." [Des Moines Register, 5-1-07]
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock was killed in an April car crash after he collided with a stopped tow truck on Interstate 64 in the middle of the night, and according to a police report, Hancock was intoxicated, speeding, un-seat-belted, and talking on his cell phone at the time. Nonetheless, in May, Hancock's father filed a lawsuit claiming that the causes of the crash were (1) the tow truck operator, (2) the driver who was being assisted by the tow truck operator, and (3) the manager of the restaurant in which Hancock had been drinking. [Houston Chronicle-AP, 5-25-07]
The local government in Dalkeith, Scotland, has decided that, notwithstanding global warming and carbon "footprints," the lights will stay on all night, every night, in the building that formerly was Dalkeith High School (but which has been vacant since 2004) because councilors fear that trespassers would hurt themselves in the darkness and sue them. [Daily Telegraph (London), 6-1-07]
No comments:
Post a Comment