A possible answer to the sneaky sea sneakers... with feet in BC?

I bet the B.C. Coastal feet come from Russia. I've heard the mob over there is particularly brutal.

Check this out.

This has to be a joke.

Another foot finds its way to the BC shoreline.

CNEWS reports:

Fifth human foot in one year washes ashore along B.C. coast

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER - A fifth human foot has washed ashore in southwestern B.C., and this time it's a left one.

Police say two people out for a walk spotted a left foot floating in water off Westham Island on Monday morning. Four other feet have washed up on shorelines along islands in B.C. in the last year; all have been right feet wearing socks and shoes. (continue...)

Looks like they will have to reopen the case of the sneaky washed up sneakers... with feet.

More Cell Phones

As a follow up to yesterday. This was in the New York Times today. My phone (Motorola V3c) must be somewhere in the middle as it's not on either list.

How Much Radiation Does Your Phone Emit?

The technology news site CNET has compiled two interesting lists showing which cellphones give off the most and the least radiation.

In publishing the information, CNET editors note the data aren’t meant to imply that cellphone radiation poses a risk, nor is it meant to say that the phones are safe. As I recently reported in my Well column last week, the data on cellphone safety is mixed, although a few recent international studies have suggested a link with three types of brain tumors. The Food and Drug Administration also says there’s not enough information to determine conclusively whether cellphones are safe or unsafe.

The charts focus on the specific absorption rate, or SAR, of a cellphone, which is a way of measuring the quantity of radio frequency energy that is absorbed by the body, according to CNET.

For a phone to pass F.C.C. certification, that phone’s maximum SAR level must be less than 1.6 W/kg (watts per kilogram). In Europe, the level is capped at 2 W/kg, while Canada allows a maximum of 1.6 W/kg. The SAR level listed in our charts represents the highest SAR level with the phone next to the ear as tested by the F.C.C. Keep in mind that it is possible for the SAR level to vary between different transmission bands and that different testing bodies can obtain different results. Also, it’s possible for results to vary between different editions of the same phone (such as a handset that’s offered by multiple carriers).

Four Motorola phones top the list, with the V195s putting out the maximum 1.6 W/kg. The popular BlackBerry Curve 8330 rounds out the No. 5 spot. To see the full top 10 list, click here.

The list of lowest-radiation cellphones includes the LG KG800 and the Motorola Razr V3x, which put out 0.135 W/kg and 0.14 W/kg, respectively. To see all the lowest radiation phones, click here.

If you don’t see your phone on the list, the site includes lists of cellphones by brand name. My iPhone was listed under “other” brands, but I was interested to learn that its SAR number is 0.974.

None of this seems like enough radiatin to pop popcorn in a non-enclosed space. I wonder how they pulled that off.

Outrageous Land Masses

by jgr80

I noticed a street sign in Pittsburgh during the opening pictures of the hockey game.

Mario Lemieux Boulevard.

Pretty good chunk of land he's got there. I don't have any land named after me. I might not have anything named after me, actually. Some people are luckier than others on this one. Mario has a little work to go...

Here's the top 6, as far as I can tell (every one of these folks probably have more than what I have listed).

6. Christopher Columbus - Italian explorer
Colombia - 440,830 sq. mi.
British Colombia - 365, 950 sq. mi.
Colombia Plateau (U.S.) - 100,000 sq. mi
10 U.S. Counties (combined) - 6,720 sq. mi
Colon (Honduras) - 3,430 sq. mi.
Colon (Panama) - 3,150 sq. mi.
District of Colombia - 70 sq. mi.
Total --- 923,350 sq. mi.

5. Abel Janzoon Tasman- Dutch explorer
Tasman Sea (Pacific) - 900,000 sq. mi.
Tasmania (Australia) - 24, 900 sq. mi.
Tasman Peninsula (Australia) - 200 sq. mi.
Total --- 925,100 sq. mi.

4. James Weddell - British Seal Hunter
Weddell Sea (Antarctica) - 1,080,000 sq. mi.

3. Maud - Queen of Norway
Queen Maud Land (Antarctica) - 1,080,100 sq. mi.
Queen Maud Mountains (Antarctica) - 15,000 sq. mi.
Queen Maud Gulf (Nunavut, Canada) - 6,000 sq. mi.
Total --- 1,102,000 sq. mi.

2. Victoria, Queen of Britain
Queensland (Australia) - 666,790 sq. mi.
Victoria (Australia) - 227,620 sq. mi.
Great Victoria Desert (Australia) - 127,000 sq. mi.
Victoria Island (Canada) - 83,000 sq. mi.
Victoria Island (Antarctica) - 60,000 sq. mi.
Lake Victoria (Africa) - 26,000 sq. mi.
Victoria Strait (Canada) - 6,000 sq. mi.
Victoria, British Colombia - 210 sq. mi.
Total --- 1,188,310 sq. mi.

1. Amerigo Vespucci, Italian Explorer
North America - 9,360,000 sq. mi.
South America - 6,883,000 sq. mi.
Total --- 16,243,000 sq. mi.

Don Cherry on Loan

Just watching the finals here and I noticed...

ESPN (which owns TSN-- a sports rival in Canada of CBC) is borrowing Don Cherry. And using CBC infrastructure to do it.



Go Penguins.

Keith Olbermann

Sometimes good editorialists do bad editorials.

I usually like Olbermann's rants, and so to redeem his stature after his ridiculous Hillary Clinton speech below I thought I should post these brilliant and hilarious anti-Bush sentiments. Sorry it's divided. I couldn't find one that was one video.

This reporter has a fantastic job

by jgr80

No foul play suspected as fourth disembodied foot washes up in B.C.

ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY
From Saturday's Globe and Mail
May 23, 2008 at 10:24 PM EDT

VANCOUVER — There is no indication foul play is involved in four disembodied feet that have washed up on islands off the southwest coast of British Columbia, RCMP Constable Annie Linteau said Friday.

“We now have no information to suggest this latest … foot was forcibly removed,” she said... (continue...)

This gal wrote about the guy below who played dead as the bear was "eating his brains." She must be having a blast reporting this stuff the last week or so.

The answers from the police are precious, too. "Nope, no foul play here. Severed feet wash up all the time." I know there's a lot more LSD and weed out in BC, but how many drugs to you have to take before something that makes national news in the rest of the country seems fairly normal in your community? That's four right feet wearing sneakers-- without their owners. Personally, I've very attached to my feet.

This is happening in a secluded and small area-- and clearly, it doesn't take a detective to know that something is not adding up. But apparently BC police has detectives figuring it out. They've come up with the no violence/no foul play theory.

The spokeswoman doesn't mind adding the qualifier that she cannot give any other details about the type of sneakers or the sex of the others because it could compromise the investigation. What are they investigating that they can't tell the public if there is no foul play?

According to the detective-murder-mystery television programs I've wasted so many hours watching.... the no-violence theory means "I really don't want to continue investigating this one, Erv. Can't you put me on a new case?"

Playing Dead

by jgr80

This guy must have balls as big as grapefruit... as big as small dogs.

MAN PLAYS DEAD AS GRIZZLY CHEWS

Anna Mehler Paperny

From Saturday's Globe and Mail -May 16, 2008 at 9:37 PM EDT

Like chewing the gristle on a chicken bone.

That's how Brent Case describes the grizzly bear gnawing on the back of his head.

Mr. Case was trying to play dead, hoping the bear would eventually leave him alone.

“I don't know why I didn't scream because I was in so much pain,” he said. “I wanted to scream blue murder.” (continue...)

This guy also knows how to play dead. But he has small balls - the size of small grapes.

SPANISH POLICE NAB BURGLAR PLAYING DEAD AT FUNERAL HOME

Wednesday, April 02, 2008 - Associated Press

MADRID, Spain — A burglar who broke into a funeral home tried to fool police by playing dead, but two things gave him away.

First, he breathed. Plus, he wore grungy clothes rather than the Sunday best of those dressed for eternal rest.

Police and the Crespo Funeral Home said Wednesday they have no idea what the 23-year-old Spanish man was trying to steal in the break-in March 17 in Burjassot, a small town just outside Valencia. (continue...)