99-year-old woman abseils down building
May 18th
6:02pm, Sat 18 May 2013 99-year-old woman abseils down building Last updated Sat 18 May 2013
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A pensioner has celebrated her 99th birthday by abseiling from the top of an 11-storey building.
Doris Long, from Hayling Island, Hampshire, took part in the fundraising event off the 110ft (35m) high University of Portsmouth’s Mercantile House in aid of The Rowans Hospice in Waterlooville.
It is the 13th major abseil for Ms Long who took part in her first such challenge at the age of 85. In 2012, Ms Long broke her own Guinness World Record for the oldest person to abseil.
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80-yr-old eyes Everest
May 17th
TOKYO — An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer has begun his ascent of Mount Everest, his website said, in a bid to become the oldest man to reach the roof of the world. In a voice message recorded on his website, Yuichiro Miura said the expedition for a climb that was expected to take a little over a week. “We plan to stand on the summit on May 24… We are all doing well, getting in position to tackle the mountain.”
Miura is trying to get back a Guinness World Record that he first held in 2003 when he became the oldest man to climb Everest. That record was beaten in 2007 by a Japanese man who reached the summit at 71 years old. The title is currently held by Nepal’s Min Bahadur Sherchan, who set foot on the 8,848-metre summit in May 2008 when he was 76.
Veteran adventurer Miura came to worldwide attention in 1970 when he became the first person to ski down Everest. His parachute-aided descent was documented in the 1975 film The Man Who Skied Down Everest which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. — AFP
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What would you do with $550 million?
May 17th
If Allison Landrum wins the Powerball lottery jackpot, an estimated $550 million as of Thursday afternoon or $350 million if you take the cash option, she wants a machine that makes pellet ice.
“I would buy a Sonic ice machine for my house so I could have an unlimited supply!” Landrum wrote on The Beaumont Enterprise’s Facebook page.
She would have money left – about $349,997,000.
An Ice-O-Matic GEMU090 Pearl Ice Maker equipped for home use, from Vivco Ice, in High Ridge, Mo., retails for $2,741.
It’s not an unusual wish. “Everyone wants one,” said Julie Minor, the company’s vice president. “And people call all about them all day long.”
People fancy buying all kinds of things with their potential lottery winnings, but no matter how extravagant or ridiculous, not many would put a dent in the windfall from the second-largest jackpot in Powerball history
Landrum, for instance, could buy almost 128,000 ice machines, which would take up almost 77 million square feet or 27 square miles.
Another reader, Perla Gomez, said she’d get a $5,000 purse. With money to spare, she could consider going after the world’s most expensive handbag.
In 2010, U.S. jewelry maker Mouawad debuted the 1001 Nights Diamond Purse, which claimed the Guinness World Record for most expensive purse.
Valued at $3.8 million, the heart-shaped bag is studded with 786 grams of gemstones and has white and yellow gold in its construction, according to the Guinness World Records website.
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Unlikely hobbies of celebs revealed – Zee News
May 17th
London: From Johnny Depp`s Barbie collection to Paris Hilton`s frog hunt, celebrities have bizarre hobbies that one can never imagine.
Former Oasis member Liam Gallagher has been unveiled as the most unlikely guest at the Chelsea Flower Show in its history.
The former Oasis front-man showed his love for gardening by asking for tickets to a VIP preview day of the show, the Sun reported.
Paris Hilton is a staunch critic of animal hunting – except if it`s done to catch frogs.
The reality TV star chases the amphibians but claims she is more humane than other hunters because she releases them back into the wild.
Meanwhile, Johnny Depp has a collection of limited edition Barbies, including dolls based on Beyonce and Destiny`s Child, the High School Musical cast and even a Lindsay Lohan figure with an ankle tag.
The actor also likes playing with the dolls, previously admitting: “I`ve played with a lot of Barbies and Kens for my kids. It`s actually one of the things I`m good at.”
Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed an unlikely addiction to bingo.
The striker was given a DVD version of the game a few years ago and said it helped him improve his English.
You wouldn`t think a supermodel like Claudia Schiffer was into creepy crawlies – but the stunning catwalk legend collects them for her home.
She mounts them to be hung on the walls – and even the logo of her knitwear line is a doodle of a spider.
Tom Hanks is into collecting old typewriters – and isn`t above being bribed to get his hands on one.
The movie star has revealed that he has almost 200 old portable manual typewriters.
Former boxing champ Mike Tyson has an unexpected tender side – caring for pigeons.
The heavyweight who famously bit a chunk out of Evander Holyfield`s ear during a fight got into keeping the birds after he retired from the ring.
When he`s not reaching for new stars, Simon Cowell likes to hang out in trees.
Apparently he likes to climb up trees every day, saying that it`s like a ritual.
He also loves cartoons, like The Flintstones, The Jetsons, all the old ones.
He said that he watches them in the morning to put him in a good mood.
Apart from turning teenage hearts into jelly, Justin Bieber is also a genius with a Rubik`s cube.
The 19-year-old heart-throb can solve the `80s favourite in one minute and 23 seconds, though the Guinness World Record holder can do it in just 5.55 seconds.
Pop superstar Taylor Swift is known as a nifty guitar player but she`s also handy at making snow globes.
The singer once shared a photo of her hobby, creating homemade Christmas snow globes.
`Twilight` star Kristen Stewart is a juggler during her free time and has shown off her talent on a US TV show.
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From zeenews.india.com
Unlikely hobbies of celebs revealed
May 17th
From Johnny Depp’s Barbie collection to Paris Hilton’s frog hunt, celebrities have bizarre hobbies that one can never imagine.
Former Oasis member Liam Gallagher has been unveiled as the most unlikely guest at the Chelsea Flower Show in its history.
The former Oasis front-man showed his love for gardening by asking for tickets to a VIP preview day of the show, the Sun reported.
Paris Hilton is a staunch critic of animal hunting – except if it’s done to catch frogs.
The reality TV star chases the amphibians but claims she is more humane than other hunters because she releases them back into the wild.
Meanwhile, Johnny Depp has a collection of limited edition Barbies, including dolls based on Beyonce and Destiny’s Child, the High School Musical cast and even a Lindsay Lohan figure with an ankle tag.
The actor also likes playing with the dolls, previously admitting: “I’ve played with a lot of Barbies and Kens for my kids. It’s actually one of the things I’m good at.”
Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed an unlikely addiction to bingo.
The striker was given a DVD version of the game a few years ago and said it helped him improve his English.
You wouldn’t think a supermodel like Claudia Schiffer was into creepy crawlies – but the stunning catwalk legend collects them for her home.
She mounts them to be hung on the walls – and even the logo of her knitwear line is a doodle of a spider.
Tom Hanks is into collecting old typewriters – and isn’t above being bribed to get his hands on one.
The movie star has revealed that he has almost 200 old portable manual typewriters.
Former boxing champ Mike Tyson has an unexpected tender side – caring for pigeons.
The heavyweight who famously bit a chunk out of Evander Holyfield’s ear during a fight got into keeping the birds after he retired from the ring.
When he’s not reaching for new stars, Simon Cowell likes to hang out in trees.
Apparently he likes to climb up trees every day, saying that it’s like a ritual.
He also loves cartoons, like The Flintstones, The Jetsons, all the old ones.
He said that he watches them in the morning to put him in a good mood.
Apart from turning teenage hearts into jelly, Justin Bieber is also a genius with a Rubik’s cube.
The 19-year-old heart-throb can solve the ’80s favourite in one minute and 23 seconds, though the Guinness World Record holder can do it in just 5.55 seconds.
Pop superstar Taylor Swift is known as a nifty guitar player but she’s also handy at making snow globes.
The singer once shared a photo of her hobby, creating homemade Christmas snow globes.
‘Twilight’ star Kristen Stewart is a juggler during her free time and has shown off her talent on a US TV show.
From www.business-standard.com
80-year-old Japanese man starts Everest ascent
May 17th
TOKYO: An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer has begun his ascent of Mount Everest, his website said, in a bid to become the oldest man to reach the roof of the world.
In a voice message recorded on his website, Yuichiro Miura said the expedition was setting off Thursday for a climb that was expected to take a little over a week.
“We plan to stand on the summit on May 24… We are all doing well, getting in position to tackle the mountain.”
Miura is trying to get back a Guinness World Record that he first held in 2003 when he became the oldest man to climb Everest.
That record was beaten in 2007 by a Japanese man who reached the summit at 71 years old.
The title is currently held by Nepal’s Min Bahadur Sherchan, who set foot on the 8,848-metre (29,028-foot) summit in May 2008 when he was 76.
Veteran adventurer Miura came to worldwide attention in 1970 when he became the first person to ski down Everest. His parachute-aided descent was documented in the 1975 film “The Man Who Skied Down Everest” which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary.
High-octane endeavours are in his blood — his father Keizo skied down Mont Blanc at age 99.
More than 3,000 people have successfully scaled Everest, but the mountain claims lives regularly, with even the best climbers falling victim to its fickle weather.
From www.channelnewsasia.com
CAR ‘BOMB’ TURNS OUT TO BE PHONE-Y
May 16th
A Point Loma businessman, worried that an explosive might have been planted in his car, asked police to investigate on Monday. Officers arrived with a bomb-sniffing dog to check out the cable wire sticking out from the rear door of the man’s Cadillac.
The mystery was quickly resolved, however, when it turned out to be the charging cord to his cellphone, reports SDPD’s Gary Hassen. The incident, though, did call into question the appropriateness of his company’s name: the Psychic Shop.
Dance daughter: On March 30, 10-year-old San Diego dancer Sophia Lucia made a name for herself in the Guinness Book of Records by breaking the pirouette record.
At the San Diego Dance Centre, in Poway, she twirled 55 times on one foot without stopping, breaking the previous record of 36 pirouettes set in 2005.
The diminutive Sophia, who has been dancing since age 2, has appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and the reality TV show “Dance Moms.” On Tuesday, Sophia, whose uncle is local financial adviser Ray Lucia, was on “Dancing With the Stars” as the AT&T-sponsored “Spotlight Performance” (go to utsandiego.com/sophia to see a video).
Chelsie Hightower, her favorite cast member, choreographed a number especially for Sophia’s performance with four “DWTS” dancers. Sophia, who is home-schooled, says she isn’t naturally flexible but stretches for two hours a day, then trains for 35 to 40 hours a week.
Street notes: When Sam Schildkraut, 48, found himself out of luck and out of a job, he decided to turn to what he loves best: playing the saxophone.
His avenue of success is the sidewalk corner of Mission Boulevard and Garnet Avenue in Pacific Beach where, on any given night after 9 p.m., he plays his “gangsta sax” music.
May 11 marked one year of performances on that corner without missing a day, says Schildkraut. In truth, there’s no way to verify his claim, but locals agree he’s a regular.
He says his “pay” varies from $5 in donations for three to five hours of playing on cold, damp nights to as much as $300 on a couple of occasions.
Being a street musician isn’t bad, Schildkraut says, because he does it “partly for fun and partly out of necessity.” Then he goes home to his minivan.
Prize job: Two San Diego brothers teamed up to become among the 10 finalists in a travel website’s video contest. Mark and Alex Ayling will head to London on Saturday to compete in a week’s worth of mettle-testing challenges against teams from around the world. The prize is $50,000 and a round-the-world trip, all-expenses paid by MyDestination.com, to accomplish their own bucket list of adventures. Mark says winning is the ticket to their dream job: their own travel show.
From www.utsandiego.com
120 nose piercings in an hour
May 15th
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Piercer Brendan Sawczuk will attempt a world record for nose piercings. Photo: Dave Tease
Source: Illawarra Mercury
More than 120 people have volunteered their nostrils for a world record-breaking nose-piercing session in Wollongong on June 16.
Body piercing specialist Brendan Sawczuk will need to slip on a new set of gloves and pierce a new nose every 30 seconds in his bid to break the record for most body piercings executed in an hour without the use of mechanical aid.
If successful, he will nearly double the record of 64 piercings, and earn his place in his childhood bible, Guinness World Records.
“I’ve always read the [Guinness book]. Being in it would be something I can tell the grandkids about some day.”
Mr Sawczuk is arranging a sterilised pack for each piercing and expects glove-changing – and not the piercing itself – to be a big part of the challenge.
“From the time the needle touches the person, I can have the jewellery done in about eight seconds,” he said.
“I’ve got to just get in a rhythm. The first couple might be a bit jittery, but once I get going I think I’ll be fine.”
Mr Sawczuk will finance all materials himself and is not charging for the piercings, which normally cost $50.
He said he had no trouble getting participants, including about 30 extras, in case of drop-outs.
Officials from Wollongong and Bulli surf life saving clubs will verify the attempt in line with Guinness World Records standards, and donations to the club will be accepted on the day.
The attempt will be on a Sunday so that a queue out of Mr Sawczuk’s Burelli Street salon, Pierce Xpress, won’t disturb businesses
From www.bordermail.com.au
Goclean Waterless aiming to host biggest car wash ever
May 15th
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MISSISSAUGA — One car wash, please — and hold the water.
On May 25 at participating Canadian Tire stores across the country, including locations at Meadowvale Town Centre and Mavis Rd./Dundas St. W., Goclean Waterless will host the world’s largest waterless car wash.
Goclean Waterless, an environmentally-conscious car care company, has donated waterless car wash kits to some 100 participating Canadian Tire stores and plans to wash 5,000 cars across Canada without using a drop of water.
It has three objectives on that day: to conserve three million litres of water, raise $25,000 for Canadian Tire’s Jumpstart program and set a new Guinness World Record.
Jumpstart is a nationwide program dedicated to providing financially disadvantaged children with the opportunity to participate in sport and recreational activities.
Celebrity entrepreneur and car enthusiast Robert Herjavec is lending his support to the initiative.
“As a big supporter of Goclean Waterless products and the environmental issues they stand for, I’m excited to help set this Guinness World Record and raise funds for Jumpstart,” said Herjavec.
Motorists can bring their cars in for a waterless wash between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on May 25. For $5, they’ll get a wash and wax.
All proceeds go to Jumpstart.
From www.mississauga.com
Smoke detectors not in fatal fire
May 15th
Smoke detectors not in fatal fire
POTTSVILLE – The Pottsville director of public safety said Monday smoke detectors were recommended in December for the home at 235 Pierce St., but the fire chief said it appeared there were no smoke detectors in place Sunday when a fire killed six people.
Fire Chief Todd March said the cause of the blaze remains undetermined, adding that investigators are still conducting interviews and reviewing their findings from the charred remains of the home.
The late-night Mother’s Day fire claimed the lives of Eric Brown, 30; four children, Joy Brown, 8, Jeremiah Brown, 7, Emily Brown, 3, and Elijah Brown, 2; and Christina Thomas, 26, Eric Brown’s sister-in-law. A dog also died in the fire.
Woman smuggles drugs in sneakers
TUNKHANNOCK – A Tunkhannock woman smuggled suboxone to Wyoming County Correctional Facility inmates in a sneaker from Jan. 21 to May 2, state police said.
Sherry Lynn Harvey, 33, was arrested Monday after a joint state police and Wyoming County district attorney’s office investigation revealed she had been delivering the drug to inmates.
Ms. Harvey was charged with five felony counts of contraband and one misdemeanor count of possession of a controlled substance.
She is in the Wyoming County Correctional Facility in lieu of $15,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 22.
Car slams into Vandling porch
VANDLING – A car traveling too fast spun out, jumped a curb, plowed into a fence then slammed into a porch at 640 Main St. at 5:19 a.m. Sunday.
This was the third home damaged within two blocks from car crashes over the weekend, Forest City Police Chief Paul Lukus said.
On Saturday about 4 p.m., a truck hit a home on the 500 block of Main Street and sent a van into another house on the same block.
The driver on Sunday, Clifford Joseph, 25, address unknown, was cited for reckless driving, Chief Lukus said.
Local school in Guinness Book
SWEET VALLEY – Students and staff at Ross Elementary School, Lake-Lehman School District, are officially in “Guinness World Records.”
The school in Sweet Valley was notified Tuesday it now officially holds the record for creating the longest chain of friendship bracelets in the world: 7,507 bracelets measuring 2,678.02 feet – more than a half mile, Principal Donald James said Tuesday.
In a project to emphasize friendship at the school, promote its anti-bullying campaign and vie for a world record, Mr. Ross, students in grades K-6 undertook the massive project between October and April 30. The final count and measurements were done by professional surveyors at the school in Sweet Valley on May 1, but the detailed package of bracelets, measurements, video and photographs had to be sent to Guinness for official certification and recognition.
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