Derek Serra, a Hollywood video-effects artist who has previously analyzed faked UFO videos, says the video appears to have been intentionally blurred in order to obscure the animal’s true identity. “Even low-resolution cameras can focus fairly well on something,” Serra said. “But there’s really nothing in this video in focus. The rocks in the foreground have a blur to them that doesn’t seem natural.”

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Public Safety Commissioner Keith Flynn says he can see the humor but “If the person had used some of that creativeness, he or she would not have ended up inside.”

Not everyone is laughing though. Police Major Bill Sheets is quickly replacing the decals. “While some may find humor in the decal modifications, the joke unfortunately comes at the expense of the taxpayers,” Sheets said in a statement. It will cost $780 for the new decals, which Sheet says will be subject to more stringent quality control.

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“A lot of organizations were gun shy about the triple-x domain, but when PETA saw it we thought this would be triple-extra effective,” says Lindsay Rajt, director of campaigns for PETA.

The website will feature full nudity, but don’t expect to see the birds and the bees. Rajt says it will be erotic, not pornographic. Just enough to entice.

“When people first visit the site, it will be very enticing and once they go just a little bit deeper, that’s when they’ll be confronted with images that we hope will make them stop and think and get them talking and hopefully encourage them to make a lifestyle change to a plant-based diet,” explains Rajt.

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The campaign runs from July 9 -17 during which volunteers wearing blue “Poop Fairy” T-shirts will greet patrons of local parks to break the news to them that “There is no poop fairy.” The Poop Fairy joins the annals of PSA mascots such as: Smokey Bear, Woodsy Owl, and crying Indian whose duty was to prevent pollution.

The Scoop on Poop

• Dog Poop Doesn’t Biodegrade Like Wild Animal Poop
  Because we feed our dogs food that’s very different from the food wild animals eat, dog waste does not biodegrade quickly like wild animal waste. And because of the sheer number of pets in suburban neighborhoods and in local parks, this hardy dog waste accumulates.
• Dog Poop Contains Harmful Bacteria, Parasites
  Dog waste can contain harmful organisms like E. coli, giardia, salmonella, roundworms, hookworms, and cryptosporidium.  These can be passed on to you or your pet, and may cause health problems.
• Dog Waste Pollutes Groundwater, Water Bodies
  Bacteria in dog waste can harm water quality in creeks and rivers, and alter the ecosystems of these stream corridors. Humans who come in contact with creek water can also face health hazards.
• County Ordinances Require Cleanup
  Jefferson County ordinances* make “failure to clean up dog feces in public places” a petty offense with a fine of at least $30. Many local park districts have similar regulations and fines

There is no Poop Fairy is a post from: L7 World

YouTube has also added a 1911 button that ages videos with a grainy film effect and an old timey piano soundtrack. This works great on physical comedy like George Bush trying to open a locked door and Gerald Ford falling down.

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Before and After

Researchers at Harvard have reversed the aging process in mice. First they prematurely aged the mice by genetically engineering out telomerase, an enzyme that creates protective caps on the end of DNA strands called telomeres. The mice suffered from a variety of age-related afflictions such as testes reduced in size and depleted of sperm, atrophied spleens, damage to the intestines, and shrinkage of the brain along with an inability to grow new brain cells, all of which were reversed with the reintroduction of the enzyme.

“We at best expected it to be a slowing of the process or perhaps an arresting of the process. We did not anticipate that it would be so dramatic a reversal in all of the problems that the animal was experiencing,” said Dr. Ronald DiPinho.

But don’t cancel your life insurance policy just yet. The mice didn’t live any longer, just better. And the enzyme could have the side effect of making cancer cells “virtually immortal.” DePinho says one solution might be limiting exposure to days or weeks at a time.

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A pair of male vultures has been separated after months of living together. One of the vultures will be shipped off to a Czech zoo to mate. The curator, Dirk Wewers, defends the separation saying, “They weren’t happy as a gay couple anyway. The other vultures picked on them and stole their nest materials.”

Homosexuality is not a Choice is a post from: L7 World

The German toymaker calls the toys therapeutic. “Children and grown ups like their vulnerability and find something in them that gives them a great sense of comfort in helping to heal them,” says founder Martin Kittsteiner. “I think some adults see it as a form of therapy for themselves.”

Patients:

• Sly, a rattle(less) snake with fears of inadequacy.
• Lilo, an obsessive compulsive hippo that’s too busy trying to solve his puzzle to communicate.
• Kroko, a paranoid crocodile with a fear of water.
• Dun, a depressed turtle overwhelmed by the fast-paced world.
• Dolly, a sheep with multiple personality disorder.

They’re all adorable but Dolly is sheer genius, and not just for the allusion to the infamous cloned sheep. Dolly is literally a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It can be turned inside out to become a wolf or partially transformed to show the inner struggle.

Each toy sells for 29.90 Euros (about $39) or buy all 5 for 129.90 Euros (about $169).

If you can’t afford to adopt one of these little guys, you can still volunteer at the Asylum in a free online game (http://www.parapluesch.de/whiskystore/test.htm). At your disposal are a host of psychiatric techniques including: talk therapy, play therapy, dream analysis, and of course lots of trippy drugs. But be careful it’s surprisingly difficult and your patients can experience relapses. If that happens you’ll need start over with a clean slate courtesy of some good old fashioned electroshock therapy!

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* Disclaimer disclaimer: I know for a fact some commercials are missing from the list, not least of which include: a Hyundai car crowd surfing on people, a man attaching a rocket to his car to fly to the moon, a guy who can afford to hit his satellite with a golf club during a storm after offsetting his stupid at Burger King, and a new car dropping on and replacing an old car in some kind of magical car dealer drive-thru, but regrettably I couldn’t find those. Feel free to add any I may have missed.

65. Dairy Queen commercial: Do not stick your tongue in a blender while plugged in AND your finger on the button.

64. Quiznos commercial: Do not attempt to eat money.

63. Powerade commercial: Do not attempt to surf hurricane waves.

62. Allstate commercial: Do not attempt look at men pretending to be women while driving.

61. Allstate commercial: Do not stand on a tree limb and bounce up and down.

60. Nexium Commercial: Do not use car jacks on your bed (especially with your cat still on it).

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59. Nexium Commercial: Do not chug from a water cooler.

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58. Chrysler Town and Country commercial: Do not attempt escape bullies in an Indiana Jone-esque manner.

57. Degree commercial: Do not unicycle down a mountain.

56. Bridgestone commercial: Do not swerve to avoid squirrels (they’re just squirrels).

55. Post-it Super Sticky Notes commercial: “Just kidding. Cannot support a child.”

54. Post-it Super Sticky Notes commercial: “Just kidding. Cannot support a dog.”

53. Ratchet and Clank commercial: Do not ride lawnmowers on the street (before looking both way).

52. Ratchet and Clank commercial: Do not attempt to reverse engineer video game weapons.

51. Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut commercial: Do not try to ride your dog like horse.

50. Dairy Queen commercial: Do not run through a car wash.

49. Dairy Queen commercial: Do not strap yourself to the hood of a car and steal ice cream from the truck in front of you. (deleted)

49. Dairy Queen commercial: Do not clown around while driving.

48. Dairy Queen commercial: Do not recline at traffic lights to enjoy your stolen ice cream. (deleted)

48. Dairy Queen commercial: Do not attempt to water ski box.

47. Dannon Light & Fit commercial: No matter how tasty it is, “Please pay for all items.”

46. Toyota Tacoma commercial: Do not leave your vehicle on the beach during high tide.

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“And just like that, Dodge joins Travelers Insurance, AT&T, and Europcar, companies that have pulled or altered ads with great apes in just the last month after being contacted by PETA,” said PETA.

Ironically, one of their complaints was that these apes are discarded at “seedy roadside zoos” when they become more trouble than they’re worth (kinda like now).

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