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MAN FOUND HIDING IN WOMAN'S CLOSET IN TRAVERSE CITY
Police want to know why a man was hiding in a Traverse City woman's
closet. They say she had just returned to her apartment with her roommate
on Centre Place Monday afternoon when she found the man hiding in her
bedroom closet. The man ran off and the woman called police. The victim
told us she didn't know the man but recognized him because he lives in the
same apartment complex. Police do not know what his intentions were. The
man will be formally charged with illegal entry today.
Be honest dude, you were going to try on her clothes because they make you feel pretty.
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Stinkin' smart! City uses DNA to fight dog poop
Israeli officials analyzing droppings to reward and punish pet owners
updated 10:08 a.m. ET, Tues., Sept. 16, 2008
An Israeli city is using DNA analysis of dog droppings to reward and punish pet owners.
Under a six-month trial program launched this week, the city of Petah Tikva, a suburb of Tel Aviv, is asking dog owners to take their animal to a municipal veterinarian, who then swabs its mouth and collects DNA.
The city will use the DNA database it is building to match feces to a registered dog and identify its owner.
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Owners who scoop up their dogs' droppings and place them in specially marked bins on Petah Tikva's streets will be eligible for rewards of pet food coupons and dog toys.
But droppings found underfoot in the street and matched through the DNA database to a registered pet could earn its owner a municipal fine.
"My goal is to get the residents involved, and tell them that together, we can make our environment clean," said Tika Bar-On, the city's chief veterinarian who came up with the idea for the DNA experiment.
Bar-On said the DNA database could also help veterinarians research genetic diseases in dogs, investigate canine pedigree and identify stray animals, replacing the need for electronic chip identification.
"The sky is the limit on how far we can take this," she said.
So far, Bar-On said, residents have "reacted positively to the program and are cooperating because they want their neighborhood to be clean."
She said Petah Tikva would consider making it mandatory for pet owners to provide DNA samples from their dogs if the trial program is successful.
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Post Turtle
While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year old Texas rancher
whose hand was caught in a gate while working with cattle,
the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually,
the topic got around to Sarah Palin and her bid to to be a heartbeat
away from being President.
The old rancher said, "Well, ya know, Palin is a post turtle."
Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a post
turtle was.
The old rancher said, "When you're driving down a country road and you
come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle."
The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued
to explain.
"You know she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up
there, she doesn't know what to do while she is up there, and you just
wonder what kind of idiot put her up there to begin with."
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Be nice to America or we'll bring Democracy to your country
MAN FOUND HIDING IN WOMAN'S CLOSET IN TRAVERSE CITY
Police want to know why a man was hiding in a Traverse City woman's
closet. They say she had just returned to her apartment with her roommate
on Centre Place Monday afternoon when she found the man hiding in her
bedroom closet. The man ran off and the woman called police. The victim
told us she didn't know the man but recognized him because he lives in the
same apartment complex. Police do not know what his intentions were. The
man will be formally charged with illegal entry today.
Be honest dude, you were going to try on her clothes because they make you feel pretty.
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Stinkin' smart! City uses DNA to fight dog poop
Israeli officials analyzing droppings to reward and punish pet owners
updated 10:08 a.m. ET, Tues., Sept. 16, 2008
An Israeli city is using DNA analysis of dog droppings to reward and punish pet owners.
Under a six-month trial program launched this week, the city of Petah Tikva, a suburb of Tel Aviv, is asking dog owners to take their animal to a municipal veterinarian, who then swabs its mouth and collects DNA.
The city will use the DNA database it is building to match feces to a registered dog and identify its owner.
Story continues below ↓advertisement
Owners who scoop up their dogs' droppings and place them in specially marked bins on Petah Tikva's streets will be eligible for rewards of pet food coupons and dog toys.
But droppings found underfoot in the street and matched through the DNA database to a registered pet could earn its owner a municipal fine.
"My goal is to get the residents involved, and tell them that together, we can make our environment clean," said Tika Bar-On, the city's chief veterinarian who came up with the idea for the DNA experiment.
Bar-On said the DNA database could also help veterinarians research genetic diseases in dogs, investigate canine pedigree and identify stray animals, replacing the need for electronic chip identification.
"The sky is the limit on how far we can take this," she said.
So far, Bar-On said, residents have "reacted positively to the program and are cooperating because they want their neighborhood to be clean."
She said Petah Tikva would consider making it mandatory for pet owners to provide DNA samples from their dogs if the trial program is successful.
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Post Turtle
While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year old Texas rancher
whose hand was caught in a gate while working with cattle,
the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually,
the topic got around to Sarah Palin and her bid to to be a heartbeat
away from being President.
The old rancher said, "Well, ya know, Palin is a post turtle."
Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a post
turtle was.
The old rancher said, "When you're driving down a country road and you
come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle."
The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued
to explain.
"You know she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up
there, she doesn't know what to do while she is up there, and you just
wonder what kind of idiot put her up there to begin with."
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Be nice to America or we'll bring Democracy to your country
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