A rather large whooshing sound.
Daffodil (left) and Primrose.
From Dublin SPCA:
The charity is urging anyone with information regarding the identity of the people responsible for dumping two four-week-old female puppies from the back of a car at Millennium Business Park, Dublin 15 over the weekend to come forward.
The terriers are extremely nervous, underweight and heavily worm-burdened; but it is hoped with lots of TLC they will be ready to go to a foster home very soon.In a separate, incident, a 10 week old, ginger and white male kitten was rescued from the city centre by a member of the public having witnessed it being kicked about by a gang of children.
Aghhh! Run!
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The Cheetah robot – developed by Pentagon military research agency DARPA – can run at 18mph: just 5mph faster than the previous record set in 1989, but plenty quick enough to run most humans down prior to destroying them.
DARPA sez:
The robot’s movements are patterned after those of fast-running animals in nature. The robot increases its stride and running speed by flexing and un-flexing its back on each step, much as an actual cheetah does.
The current version of the Cheetah robot runs on a laboratory treadmill where it is powered by an off-board hydraulic pump, and uses a boom-like device to keep it running in the center of the treadmill. Testing of a free-running prototype is planned for later this year.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NmndKIH5dQ
A deliciously wry video for the new Amnesty International Ireland campaign for reform to the healthcare system in Ireland.
Thanks Declan.
“When you’re as good as me, they [women] can’t keep away,”
Castlebar Man Jailed For Bigamy In Canada After 19 Marriages (Mayo News)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE-zUWNcIJ8&feature=player_embedded
Yesterday’s Liveline – Thomas Delaney finds Sean Fitzpatrick in his cab.
“You’re nothing only a chancer.”
Fun starts at 6.48 (although worth listening to it in its entirety).
Via Reddit
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