bigJake
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I can tell from that sketch that the sketch artist is left handed and lives in his parent's basement.
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I can tell from that sketch that the sketch artist is left handed and lives in his parent's basement.
Legoladies
Now that I have your attention....Legos for girls
Lego maker creating version for girls
Does toy promote stereotypes?
Girl playing legos
DETROIT -
The maker of Legos is coming out with a version of their popular building blocks that some say is promoting gender-based marketing.
The toys will be called Lego Friends and will include special building blocks to create things like a beauty shop or cafe.
Some people say the new Lego Friends promotes stereotypes.
Others say teaching girls about a future in architecture is a good thing.
"It's really about engaging them so as women they know they can be builders or architects and that it doesn't matter about their body type or what they're wearing," said Lucy Santana-Ornelas, CEO of Girls Inc.
Lego said it designed the new Friends line based on four years of research into the way boys and girls play.
Now that I have your attention....Legos for girls
Lego maker creating version for girls
Does toy promote stereotypes?
Girl playing legos
DETROIT -
The maker of Legos is coming out with a version of their popular building blocks that some say is promoting gender-based marketing.
The toys will be called Lego Friends and will include special building blocks to create things like a beauty shop or cafe.
Some people say the new Lego Friends promotes stereotypes.
Others say teaching girls about a future in architecture is a good thing.
"It's really about engaging them so as women they know they can be builders or architects and that it doesn't matter about their body type or what they're wearing," said Lucy Santana-Ornelas, CEO of Girls Inc.
Lego said it designed the new Friends line based on four years of research into the way boys and girls play.
seem u just cant have fun anymore, he has the nicest house on my street
http://www.baynews9.com/article/new...bust-alleged-cock-fighting-operation-in-Tampa
http://www.baynews9.com/article/new...bust-alleged-cock-fighting-operation-in-Tampa
So you are hiding the roosters under that black tarp next to your BBQ grill. BUSTED
bigJake
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DOG BITES TV ANCHOR ON LIVE TV
Got to love the NON-Reaction by the dogs owner. Although it is pretty bogus to charge him with a leash law violation when they invited him onto the show and he is holding the dogs collar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBMoNlxrrDM&feature=player_embedded
It was supposed to be one of those feel-good segments on a local television newscast: A rescued dog. A grateful owner. The hero firefighter who pulled the pulled the dog from the ice. But that's not how it turned out.
The dog, an Argentine mastiff named Gladiator Maximus, attacked Kyle Dyer, anchorwoman at NBC's KUSA Denver affiliate, during a live, in-studio segment on Wednesday that was meant to celebrate the dog's rescue from an icy lake the day before.
Dyer was shown petting the mastiff during the segment, then kneeling on the floor to get closer, when the 85-pound pooch bit her in the face. Paramedics and animal control were called to the studio. Dyer was rushed to a Denver hospital where she had reconstructive surgery overnight. The 3-year-old dog was taken to a Denver animal shelter where it is being "quarantined."
Video of the attack, as you might imagine, has gone viral, but KUSA has been issuing take-down notices, trying to get the clip off the Internet. (The "Today" show won't even show it.)
Patti Dennis, KUSA vice president of news, said Dyer's surgery was successful, and that Dyer is expected back to work in a few weeks. "The surgeon was pleased with the outcome," Dennis said. "Kyle says she wants everyone to know she is OK and is concerned about the viewers who were watching the incident live on TV."
"Several people interacted with the dog [prior to the segment] and everything seemed fine," Dennis said. "Then at the last moment, the dog had behavior that nobody predicted or understood. Clearly we learned something."
Dyer is known for a weekly segment--"Kyle's Kritters"--that showcases animals from the Denver Zoo.
Michael Robinson, Max's owner, has been cited by Denver Animal Control for a "leash-law"" violation ("because the owner did not have control of the dog at all times"), for allowing a dog to bite and for not having the dog properly vaccinated.
But an animal expert told NBC that Dyer was really at fault.
"Basically, she did everything wrong," Ron Berman, a canine behavior specialist, said. "She went up to a dog she didn't know--who didn't know her--and she either tried to kiss him or hug him or put her face too close to his face. He felt threatened and bit her."
Max is expected to be released to Robinson after a 10-day evaluation. Robinson is due in court April 4.
"The dog bite accident that happened today was unfortunate and certainly not expected based on what we knew about the dog and his owner," Dennis said in a separate statement. "Our goal was to unite the owner with the rescuer for a nice segment. We are all thinking of Kyle and her recovery. We love Kyle and what she and her family do for this community. We also love animals and will continue to do all we can to use 9NEWS to improve animal welfare in Colorado."
Dennis said the station is now reviewing its guidelines concerning animals in the studio.
Got to love the NON-Reaction by the dogs owner. Although it is pretty bogus to charge him with a leash law violation when they invited him onto the show and he is holding the dogs collar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBMoNlxrrDM&feature=player_embedded
It was supposed to be one of those feel-good segments on a local television newscast: A rescued dog. A grateful owner. The hero firefighter who pulled the pulled the dog from the ice. But that's not how it turned out.
The dog, an Argentine mastiff named Gladiator Maximus, attacked Kyle Dyer, anchorwoman at NBC's KUSA Denver affiliate, during a live, in-studio segment on Wednesday that was meant to celebrate the dog's rescue from an icy lake the day before.
Dyer was shown petting the mastiff during the segment, then kneeling on the floor to get closer, when the 85-pound pooch bit her in the face. Paramedics and animal control were called to the studio. Dyer was rushed to a Denver hospital where she had reconstructive surgery overnight. The 3-year-old dog was taken to a Denver animal shelter where it is being "quarantined."
Video of the attack, as you might imagine, has gone viral, but KUSA has been issuing take-down notices, trying to get the clip off the Internet. (The "Today" show won't even show it.)
Patti Dennis, KUSA vice president of news, said Dyer's surgery was successful, and that Dyer is expected back to work in a few weeks. "The surgeon was pleased with the outcome," Dennis said. "Kyle says she wants everyone to know she is OK and is concerned about the viewers who were watching the incident live on TV."
"Several people interacted with the dog [prior to the segment] and everything seemed fine," Dennis said. "Then at the last moment, the dog had behavior that nobody predicted or understood. Clearly we learned something."
Dyer is known for a weekly segment--"Kyle's Kritters"--that showcases animals from the Denver Zoo.
Michael Robinson, Max's owner, has been cited by Denver Animal Control for a "leash-law"" violation ("because the owner did not have control of the dog at all times"), for allowing a dog to bite and for not having the dog properly vaccinated.
But an animal expert told NBC that Dyer was really at fault.
"Basically, she did everything wrong," Ron Berman, a canine behavior specialist, said. "She went up to a dog she didn't know--who didn't know her--and she either tried to kiss him or hug him or put her face too close to his face. He felt threatened and bit her."
Max is expected to be released to Robinson after a 10-day evaluation. Robinson is due in court April 4.
"The dog bite accident that happened today was unfortunate and certainly not expected based on what we knew about the dog and his owner," Dennis said in a separate statement. "Our goal was to unite the owner with the rescuer for a nice segment. We are all thinking of Kyle and her recovery. We love Kyle and what she and her family do for this community. We also love animals and will continue to do all we can to use 9NEWS to improve animal welfare in Colorado."
Dennis said the station is now reviewing its guidelines concerning animals in the studio.
Sink, Is this near you at all?
Tribe suing beer companies for alcohol problems
news-general-20120209-US.Alcohol.Lawsuit.Reservation
Attorney Tom White, legal council to the Oglala Sioux Tribe, speaks to repor...
LINCOLN, Neb. — An American Indian tribe sued some of the world's largest beer makers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related problems on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota said it is demanding $500 million in damages for the cost of health care, social services and child rehabilitation caused by chronic alcoholism on the reservation, which encompasses some of the nation's most impoverished counties.
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court of Nebraska also targets four beer stores in Whiteclay, a Nebraska town near the reservation's border that, despite having only about a dozen residents, sold nearly 5 million cans of beer in 2010.
Tribal leaders and activists blame the Whiteclay businesses for chronic alcohol abuse and bootlegging on the Pine Ridge reservation, where all alcohol is banned. They say most of the stores' customers come from the reservation, which spans southwest South Dakota and dips into Nebraska.
"You cannot sell 4.9 million 12-ounce cans of beer and wash your hands like Pontius Pilate, and say we've got nothing to do with it being smuggled," said Tom White, the tribe's Omaha-based attorney.
Owners of the four beer stores in Whiteclay were unavailable or declined comment Thursday when contacted by The Associated Press. A spokeswoman for Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide said she was not yet aware of the lawsuit, and the other four companies being sued — SAB Miller, Molson Coors Brewing Company, MIllerCoors LLC and Pabst Brewing Company — did not immediately return messages.
The lawsuit alleges that the beer makers and stores sold to Pine Ridge residents knowing they would smuggle the alcohol into the reservation to drink or resell. The beer makers supplied the stores with "volumes of beer far in excess of an amount that could be sold in compliance with the laws of the state of Nebraska" and the tribe, tribal officials allege in the lawsuit.
The vast majority of Whiteclay's beer store customers have no legal place to consume alcohol since it's banned on Pine Ridge, which is just north, state law prohibits drinking outside the stores and the nearest town that allows alcohol is more than 20 miles south, said Mark Vasina, president of the group Nebraskans for Peace.
The Connecticut-sized reservation has struggled with alcoholism and poverty for generations, despite an alcohol ban in place since 1832. Pine Ridge legalized alcohol in 1970 but restored the ban two months later, and an attempt to allow it in 2004 died after a public outcry.
The reservation spans impoverished areas, including Shannon County, S.D., which U.S. census statistics place as the third-poorest in the nation. It has a median household income of $27,300 and nearly half of the population falls below federal poverty standards.
Tribal President John Yellow Bird Steele said the tribe council authorized the lawsuit in an effort to protect the reservation's youth.
"Like American parents everywhere, we will do everything lawful we can to protect the health, welfare and future of our children," he said.
The tribe views the lawsuit as a last resort after numerous failed attempts to curb the abuse through protests and public pressure on lawmakers, White added. He said the tribal council voted unanimously about four months ago to hire his law firm.
One in four children born on the reservation suffer from fetal alcohol syndrome or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, and the average life expectancy is estimated between 45 and 52 years — the shortest in North America except for Haiti, according to the lawsuit. The average American life expectancy is 77.5 years.
"The illegal sale and trade in alcohol in Whiteclay is open, notorious and well documented by news reports, legislative hearings, movies, public protests and law enforcement activities," the lawsuit states. " All of the above have resulted in the publication of the facts of the illegal trade in alcohol and its devastating effects on the Lakota people, especially its children, both born and unborn."
Nebraska lawmakers have struggled for years to curb the problem, and are considering legislation this year that would allow the state to limit the types of alcohol sold in areas like Whiteclay. The measure would require local authorities to ask the state to designate the area an "alcohol impact zone."
The state liquor commission could then limit the hours alcohol sellers are open, ban the sale of certain products or impose other restrictions.
Nebraska state Sen. LeRoy Louden of Ellsworth, whose district includes Whiteclay, said he introduced the measure with support from county officials who have seen their health care and jail incarceration costs rise.___
Associated Press writer Michael Avok contributed to this report from Lincoln, Neb.
Tribe suing beer companies for alcohol problems
news-general-20120209-US.Alcohol.Lawsuit.Reservation
Attorney Tom White, legal council to the Oglala Sioux Tribe, speaks to repor...
LINCOLN, Neb. — An American Indian tribe sued some of the world's largest beer makers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related problems on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota said it is demanding $500 million in damages for the cost of health care, social services and child rehabilitation caused by chronic alcoholism on the reservation, which encompasses some of the nation's most impoverished counties.
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court of Nebraska also targets four beer stores in Whiteclay, a Nebraska town near the reservation's border that, despite having only about a dozen residents, sold nearly 5 million cans of beer in 2010.
Tribal leaders and activists blame the Whiteclay businesses for chronic alcohol abuse and bootlegging on the Pine Ridge reservation, where all alcohol is banned. They say most of the stores' customers come from the reservation, which spans southwest South Dakota and dips into Nebraska.
"You cannot sell 4.9 million 12-ounce cans of beer and wash your hands like Pontius Pilate, and say we've got nothing to do with it being smuggled," said Tom White, the tribe's Omaha-based attorney.
Owners of the four beer stores in Whiteclay were unavailable or declined comment Thursday when contacted by The Associated Press. A spokeswoman for Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide said she was not yet aware of the lawsuit, and the other four companies being sued — SAB Miller, Molson Coors Brewing Company, MIllerCoors LLC and Pabst Brewing Company — did not immediately return messages.
The lawsuit alleges that the beer makers and stores sold to Pine Ridge residents knowing they would smuggle the alcohol into the reservation to drink or resell. The beer makers supplied the stores with "volumes of beer far in excess of an amount that could be sold in compliance with the laws of the state of Nebraska" and the tribe, tribal officials allege in the lawsuit.
The vast majority of Whiteclay's beer store customers have no legal place to consume alcohol since it's banned on Pine Ridge, which is just north, state law prohibits drinking outside the stores and the nearest town that allows alcohol is more than 20 miles south, said Mark Vasina, president of the group Nebraskans for Peace.
The Connecticut-sized reservation has struggled with alcoholism and poverty for generations, despite an alcohol ban in place since 1832. Pine Ridge legalized alcohol in 1970 but restored the ban two months later, and an attempt to allow it in 2004 died after a public outcry.
The reservation spans impoverished areas, including Shannon County, S.D., which U.S. census statistics place as the third-poorest in the nation. It has a median household income of $27,300 and nearly half of the population falls below federal poverty standards.
Tribal President John Yellow Bird Steele said the tribe council authorized the lawsuit in an effort to protect the reservation's youth.
"Like American parents everywhere, we will do everything lawful we can to protect the health, welfare and future of our children," he said.
The tribe views the lawsuit as a last resort after numerous failed attempts to curb the abuse through protests and public pressure on lawmakers, White added. He said the tribal council voted unanimously about four months ago to hire his law firm.
One in four children born on the reservation suffer from fetal alcohol syndrome or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, and the average life expectancy is estimated between 45 and 52 years — the shortest in North America except for Haiti, according to the lawsuit. The average American life expectancy is 77.5 years.
"The illegal sale and trade in alcohol in Whiteclay is open, notorious and well documented by news reports, legislative hearings, movies, public protests and law enforcement activities," the lawsuit states. " All of the above have resulted in the publication of the facts of the illegal trade in alcohol and its devastating effects on the Lakota people, especially its children, both born and unborn."
Nebraska lawmakers have struggled for years to curb the problem, and are considering legislation this year that would allow the state to limit the types of alcohol sold in areas like Whiteclay. The measure would require local authorities to ask the state to designate the area an "alcohol impact zone."
The state liquor commission could then limit the hours alcohol sellers are open, ban the sale of certain products or impose other restrictions.
Nebraska state Sen. LeRoy Louden of Ellsworth, whose district includes Whiteclay, said he introduced the measure with support from county officials who have seen their health care and jail incarceration costs rise.___
Associated Press writer Michael Avok contributed to this report from Lincoln, Neb.
whitney houston dies - age 48
http://www.baynews9.com/article/new...ey-Houston,-superstar-of-records,-films,-dies
http://www.baynews9.com/article/new...ey-Houston,-superstar-of-records,-films,-dies
bigJake
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Democratic Congressman Hank Johnson from Georgia fears that the Island of Guam will tip over and sink. You can't make this stuff up. And you people in Georgia elected this guy???
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=...johnson%20guam
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=...johnson%20guam
bigJake
Well-Known Member
that is prescription drugs he takes .................
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWBGelQ6Glg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWBGelQ6Glg
Please no jokes here. It's for news only.
Employee of SBT injured in jet ski crash.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/public...rsonal-watercraft-crash-in-clearwater/1215427
Employee of SBT injured in jet ski crash.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/public...rsonal-watercraft-crash-in-clearwater/1215427
bigJake
Well-Known Member
hmm, doesn't say if the crankshaft tested out ok or not
UPDATE on accident.
From a FB post on Jetski Junkies page -
"Eytchison was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa for treatment of non-life threatening injuries to his face and neck, authorities said" Glad it was nothing serious..
From a FB post on Jetski Junkies page -
"Eytchison was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa for treatment of non-life threatening injuries to his face and neck, authorities said" Glad it was nothing serious..
‘Mermaids’ scare off workers
February 10 2012 at 01:20pm
Daryl Hannah wowed 1984 audiences as a mermaid with long, crimped tresses down to her waist in the film Splash.
Harare - Agovernment minister in Zimbabwe says work has stopped on new reservoirs because workers have been scared off by mermaids, a report has said.
According to orangenews.com, Minister of Water Resources Samuel Sipepa Nkomo reportedly told a parliamentary committee that terrified workers were refusing to return to the sites, near the towns of Gokwe and Mutare.
He said the only way to solve the problem was to brew traditional beer and carry out rites to appease the spirits.
“All the officers I have sent have vowed not to go back there,” Zimbabwe’s state-approved Herald newspaper quoted him as saying.
The senior politician allegedly said mermaids were also present in other reservoirs around the country.
The building of the reservoirs is long overdue, but is considered essential if Zimbabwe is to provide adequate water for its population and boost agricultural production.
The belief in mermaids and other mythical creatures is widespread in the country, where many people combine a Christian faith with traditional beliefs. – IOL
I think they just wanted more beer :cheers:
February 10 2012 at 01:20pm
Daryl Hannah wowed 1984 audiences as a mermaid with long, crimped tresses down to her waist in the film Splash.
Harare - Agovernment minister in Zimbabwe says work has stopped on new reservoirs because workers have been scared off by mermaids, a report has said.
According to orangenews.com, Minister of Water Resources Samuel Sipepa Nkomo reportedly told a parliamentary committee that terrified workers were refusing to return to the sites, near the towns of Gokwe and Mutare.
He said the only way to solve the problem was to brew traditional beer and carry out rites to appease the spirits.
“All the officers I have sent have vowed not to go back there,” Zimbabwe’s state-approved Herald newspaper quoted him as saying.
The senior politician allegedly said mermaids were also present in other reservoirs around the country.
The building of the reservoirs is long overdue, but is considered essential if Zimbabwe is to provide adequate water for its population and boost agricultural production.
The belief in mermaids and other mythical creatures is widespread in the country, where many people combine a Christian faith with traditional beliefs. – IOL
I think they just wanted more beer :cheers:
Electric cigarette explodes in Florida's man's mouth
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A faulty battery caused an electronic cigarette to explode in a Florida's man's mouth, taking out some of his front teeth and a chunk of his tongue and severely burning his face, fire officials said Wednesday.
Tom Holloway, 57, of Niceville, was trying to quit smoking so he was puffing on the device Monday night when it blew up, fire officials said. Officials have not publicly identified the victim. But a Facebook page under his name was filled with well-wishers commenting on the injury and database searches matched his address with his name.
"The best analogy is like it was trying to hold a bottle rocket in your mouth when it went off," said Joseph Parker, division chief for the North Bay Fire Department. "The battery flew out of the tube and set the closet on fire."
Parker said fire investigators do not know the brand of cigarette, type of battery or age of the device. It appears the battery was rechargeable lithium because a recharging station and other batteries were in the room, he said.
Parker said he has forwarded information about the blaze to the fire marshal's office to include in any databases on the devices. But Parker said he has yet to hear of any similar instances.
Fire Chief Joseph Miller said the victim contacted the department on Wednesday to thank firefighters and told them he was recovering at a hospital in Mobile, Ala.
Thomas Kiklas, co-founder of the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association, said the industry knows of no problems with the cigarettes or batteries exploding.
Kicklas said the cigarettes include a small battery and cartridge. The battery is designed to generate an electric charge when the device is inhaled. The charge sets off the vapor in the cigarette tube.
Kiklas cited a federal report that found 2.5 million Americans used electronic cigarettes last year.
"There have been billions and billions of puffs on the cigarettes and we have not heard of this happening before," he said.
Holloway and his family members didn't immediately answer The Associated Press' requests for interviews.
I guess living in Niceville wasn't so Nice for that guy....
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A faulty battery caused an electronic cigarette to explode in a Florida's man's mouth, taking out some of his front teeth and a chunk of his tongue and severely burning his face, fire officials said Wednesday.
Tom Holloway, 57, of Niceville, was trying to quit smoking so he was puffing on the device Monday night when it blew up, fire officials said. Officials have not publicly identified the victim. But a Facebook page under his name was filled with well-wishers commenting on the injury and database searches matched his address with his name.
"The best analogy is like it was trying to hold a bottle rocket in your mouth when it went off," said Joseph Parker, division chief for the North Bay Fire Department. "The battery flew out of the tube and set the closet on fire."
Parker said fire investigators do not know the brand of cigarette, type of battery or age of the device. It appears the battery was rechargeable lithium because a recharging station and other batteries were in the room, he said.
Parker said he has forwarded information about the blaze to the fire marshal's office to include in any databases on the devices. But Parker said he has yet to hear of any similar instances.
Fire Chief Joseph Miller said the victim contacted the department on Wednesday to thank firefighters and told them he was recovering at a hospital in Mobile, Ala.
Thomas Kiklas, co-founder of the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association, said the industry knows of no problems with the cigarettes or batteries exploding.
Kicklas said the cigarettes include a small battery and cartridge. The battery is designed to generate an electric charge when the device is inhaled. The charge sets off the vapor in the cigarette tube.
Kiklas cited a federal report that found 2.5 million Americans used electronic cigarettes last year.
"There have been billions and billions of puffs on the cigarettes and we have not heard of this happening before," he said.
Holloway and his family members didn't immediately answer The Associated Press' requests for interviews.
I guess living in Niceville wasn't so Nice for that guy....
2nd update on accident
Kev ...... Stopped at SBT today to see my girl Carrie Sinwelski who per usual hooked us UP! Michael who works for SBT & rider who got injured is still in the hospital & most likely will need some surgery, it was abit more intense than originally stated so we'll be keeping him in our thoughts. Still unknown as to what happened with the ski...
Kev ...... Stopped at SBT today to see my girl Carrie Sinwelski who per usual hooked us UP! Michael who works for SBT & rider who got injured is still in the hospital & most likely will need some surgery, it was abit more intense than originally stated so we'll be keeping him in our thoughts. Still unknown as to what happened with the ski...
3 funny signs
Sydney weather mistakes
Gator in road of Lakewood Ranch Florida, Near Bradenton
Great idea
Sydney weather mistakes
Gator in road of Lakewood Ranch Florida, Near Bradenton
Great idea
House fire in Alaska
Dog Amazingly Leads a Lost Cop to a House Fire - Watch the Unbelievable Video
http://www.godvine.com/Dog-Amazingly-Leads-a-Lost-Cop-to-a-House-Fire-1158.html
You really have to see this one in order to believe it. When this cop got lost trying to find a house fire, the owner's dog incredibly showed up and led him there.
Dog Amazingly Leads a Lost Cop to a House Fire - Watch the Unbelievable Video
http://www.godvine.com/Dog-Amazingly-Leads-a-Lost-Cop-to-a-House-Fire-1158.html
You really have to see this one in order to believe it. When this cop got lost trying to find a house fire, the owner's dog incredibly showed up and led him there.
bigJake
Well-Known Member
Electric cigarette explodes in Florida's man's mouth
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A faulty battery caused an electronic cigarette to explode in a Florida's man's mouth, taking out some of his front teeth and a chunk of his tongue and severely burning his face, fire officials said Wednesday.
Tom Holloway, 57, of Niceville, was trying to quit smoking so he was puffing on the device Monday night when it blew up, fire officials said. Officials have not publicly identified the victim. But a Facebook page under his name was filled with well-wishers commenting on the injury and database searches matched his address with his name.
"The best analogy is like it was trying to hold a bottle rocket in your mouth when it went off," said Joseph Parker, division chief for the North Bay Fire Department. "The battery flew out of the tube and set the closet on fire."
Parker said fire investigators do not know the brand of cigarette, type of battery or age of the device. It appears the battery was rechargeable lithium because a recharging station and other batteries were in the room, he said.
Parker said he has forwarded information about the blaze to the fire marshal's office to include in any databases on the devices. But Parker said he has yet to hear of any similar instances.
Fire Chief Joseph Miller said the victim contacted the department on Wednesday to thank firefighters and told them he was recovering at a hospital in Mobile, Ala.
Thomas Kiklas, co-founder of the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association, said the industry knows of no problems with the cigarettes or batteries exploding.
Kicklas said the cigarettes include a small battery and cartridge. The battery is designed to generate an electric charge when the device is inhaled. The charge sets off the vapor in the cigarette tube.
Kiklas cited a federal report that found 2.5 million Americans used electronic cigarettes last year.
"There have been billions and billions of puffs on the cigarettes and we have not heard of this happening before," he said.
Holloway and his family members didn't immediately answer The Associated Press' requests for interviews.
I guess living in Niceville wasn't so Nice for that guy....
I hear congressman Barnie Frank has had a few things explode in his mouth too. Probably why he talks funny...
bigJake
Well-Known Member
wish I had the camera with me, would have been a great shot.
I got Tone, Maverick's got Tone.
Sheriff: Truck crushes car at Redneck Yacht Club What a great name! ! ! ! !
Lee Williams
Published: Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 10:06 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 1:10 p.m.
CHARLOTTE COUNTY - Sheriff's deputies arrested a Fort Myers man at the Redneck Yacht Club early Saturday morning for driving over a small car several times with his four-wheel drive van.
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Norman Lee Nowling
Charlotte County Sheriff's Office
The incident occurred at the annual “Swamp Cabbage Weekend," which draws thousands of people to eastern Charlotte County.
During the event, trucks, vans, ATVs and other vehicles negotiate water and mud pits at the 800-acre park.
According to the Sheriff's Office, they received a call at 5:05 a.m. to the park in the 44000 block of Bermont Road.
A young girl said she left her 1994 Toyota Corolla in a field near the concert stage and went “mudding” with friends.
While she was at the mud pit, someone told her a vehicle was run over. She went back and realized it was her car that was crushed and contacted security.
A private security guard told deputies he saw several people run toward a vehicle parked in the field. He said a large crowd gathered and spectators were urging two large trucks to run over the car. The crowd shouted: “The owner doesn't care. You can do it.”
The two trucks attempted to run over the hood but could not. They then left.
The guard said a large white camouflaged van with five-foot wheels arrived, and the crowd again egged on the driver.
The driver of the van put the front tire on the front of the car, smashing the hood, backed off, then drove to the other side and put his other tire on the hood, smashing it again. He then drove over the entire car several times.
Another witness led the deputies to the driver, who was identified as Norman Le Nowling, 40, of Ft. Myers.
Nowling taken to the Charlotte County jail on a felony charge of Criminal Mischief. He posted $2,500 bail.
Lee Williams
Published: Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 10:06 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 1:10 p.m.
CHARLOTTE COUNTY - Sheriff's deputies arrested a Fort Myers man at the Redneck Yacht Club early Saturday morning for driving over a small car several times with his four-wheel drive van.
Enlarge | Buy Photo
Norman Lee Nowling
Charlotte County Sheriff's Office
The incident occurred at the annual “Swamp Cabbage Weekend," which draws thousands of people to eastern Charlotte County.
During the event, trucks, vans, ATVs and other vehicles negotiate water and mud pits at the 800-acre park.
According to the Sheriff's Office, they received a call at 5:05 a.m. to the park in the 44000 block of Bermont Road.
A young girl said she left her 1994 Toyota Corolla in a field near the concert stage and went “mudding” with friends.
While she was at the mud pit, someone told her a vehicle was run over. She went back and realized it was her car that was crushed and contacted security.
A private security guard told deputies he saw several people run toward a vehicle parked in the field. He said a large crowd gathered and spectators were urging two large trucks to run over the car. The crowd shouted: “The owner doesn't care. You can do it.”
The two trucks attempted to run over the hood but could not. They then left.
The guard said a large white camouflaged van with five-foot wheels arrived, and the crowd again egged on the driver.
The driver of the van put the front tire on the front of the car, smashing the hood, backed off, then drove to the other side and put his other tire on the hood, smashing it again. He then drove over the entire car several times.
Another witness led the deputies to the driver, who was identified as Norman Le Nowling, 40, of Ft. Myers.
Nowling taken to the Charlotte County jail on a felony charge of Criminal Mischief. He posted $2,500 bail.
I can tell you ain't from the south boy, I'll bet every lake south of the Mason-Dixon Line has a Redneck Yacht Club, ours does.
Check out this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI7Ghu1FpnQ
Lou
Check out this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI7Ghu1FpnQ
Lou