Things People Said: Courtroom Quotations The following quotations are taken from official court records across the nation, showing how funny and embarrassing it is that recorders operate at all times in courts of law, so that even the slightest inadvertence is preserved for posterity. Lawyer: "Was that the same nose you broke as a child?"Witness: "I only have one, you know." Lawyer: "Now, Mrs. Johnson, how was your first marriage terminated?"Witness: "By death." Accused, Defending His Own Case: "Did you get a good look at my face when I took your purse?" The defendant was found guilty and sentenced to ten years in jail. Lawyer: "What is your date of birth?" Lawyer: "Can you tell us what was stolen from your house?" Lawyer: "What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?" Lawyer: "Can you describe what the person who attacked you looked like?" Lawyer: "This myasthenia gravis -- does it affect your memory at all?" Lawyer: "How old is your son, the one living with you?" Lawyer: "Sir, what is your IQ?" Lawyer: "What happened then?"
La historia de una bebida llamada Gin Tonic Publicado el 16/05/2012 De unos años a esta parte el gin tonic ha ganado popularidad de una forma sorprendente. En poco tiempo hemos visto como las nuevas tónicas y ginebras se han multiplicado en el mercado para complacer a un consumidor cada vez más exquisito. Pero a pesar de esta nueva juventud, la historia del gin tonic se remonta mucho tiempo atrás. El ser humano ha mezclado bebidas desde hace siglos, pero hasta finales del siglo XVII y principios del siglo XVIII no tuvo la popularidad necesaria como para aparecer en los registros históricos. El caso del gin tonic está al margen de esta historia dentro de la que se pueden enmarcar la gran mayoría de los cócteles que a día de hoy se consumen en bares, pubs y discotecas. Según cuenta la historia, más leyenda que historia, todo comenzó en Perú en 1632. El siguiente gran avance en la lucha contra la malaria y el uso de la corteza de la cinchona llegó de la mano de Pierre Joseph Pelletier y Joseph Bienaimé Caventou.
29 Semi-Productive Things I Do Online When I’m Trying to Avoid Real Work You don’t always have to work hard to be productive. Productivity can simply be the side effect of doing the right things. So here’s a list of 29 semi-productive things I do online when my mind is set on avoiding ‘real work.’ Check delicious popular tags like ‘useful,’ ‘tutorials,’ ‘tips,’ ‘howto,’ ‘advice,’ ‘entrepreneurship,’ etc. for interesting, educational articles to read.Watch one of the thousands of educational videos streaming at TED.com, Academic Earth and Teacher Tube.Read an online book list and find a new book to grab next time I’m at the library. Oh, and ever since I bought my new (super sexy) Apple iPad , I’ve been enjoying all of these sites on the go and catching looks from almost everyone who passes me while I browse. So what kind of semi-productive things do you do online in your off-time? Photo by: Colorblind Picaso Party Casino Related 30 Life-Enhancing Things You Can Do in 30 Minutes or Less April 19, 2012 In "Happiness" 30 Ways to Save 30 Minutes a Day October 4, 2010
République du Vin - des bons vins à des prix toujours abordables ! - République du Vin What’s on Your Bucket List? 101 Things To Do Before You Die “Every man dies – Not every man really lives.” ~ William Ross“The only people who fear death are those with regrets.” ~ Author Unknown A few days ago, I was surfing online when I came across someone’s bucket list. It quickly inspired me to create my own list and write an article about it at the same time. What’s a Bucket List? If you haven’t heard about the term “bucket list”, it is a list of all the goals you want to achieve, dreams you want to fulfill and life experiences you desire to experience before you die. Why Create a Bucket List? If you don’t live your days by personal goals and plans, chances are you spend most of your time caught up in a flurry of day-to-day activities. Even if you frequently live by goals or to-do lists, they are probably framed within a certain social context e.g. performance, career, health. It’s just like planning ahead all the highlights you want for YOUR whole life. To get the free ebook, enter your name & email: Create Your Bucket List 1. How about you? 2.
Les spiritueux - Whisky : Le monde des vins et spiritueux Une bouteille de whisky Jack Daniel's Il aura fallu un peu plus d’un siècle pour que le scotch whisky (et ses cousins irlandais et américains) devienne l’un des spiritueux les plus consommés en France et dans le monde. Un succès qui aurait sans doute bien étonné ses premiers distillateurs, perdus dans les inhospitaliers Highlands d’Ecosse. Mais il s’explique par la diversité des arômes que peuvent offrir les différents whiskies et la variété de leurs moments de consommation. C’est en 1494 qu’apparaît la première mention d’une eau-de-vie à base de malt distillée en Ecosse. Taxes et clandestinité L’usage de l’eau-de-vie est d’abord médical et pharmaceutique (d’où son nom). La révolution du blend Tout change dans la première moitié du 19ème siècle, avec l’invention d’un nouveau type d’alambic, dit “continu”, par Aeneas Coffey. Une élaboration en trois temps Deux types de distillation sont utilisés pour produire du whisky. Lexique du whisky Les régions du whisky Le service du whisky
The Girl That Snuck Into a Russian Rocket Factory The internet is quickly becoming smitten with a young photographer/urban explorer who broke into an unguarded rocket facility in Russia. Jesus Diaz at Gizmodo writes: Her name is Lana Sator and she snuck into one of NPO Energomash factories outside of Moscow. Her photos are amazing, like sets straight out of Star Wars or Alien. It was easy to get in. And yet, she found nobody. While some of these zones look decrepit and abandoned, the factory is active. Large, beautiful photos from Lana’s adventure at the rocket factory, along with a scanned letter from the authorities warning her of the dire consequences, can be seen at her LJ. [via Michael Doyle / Marina Galperina / FrumiousBandersnatch] Un estudio vincula el café con un menor riesgo de muerte Un estudio publicado en el New England Journal of Medicine relaciona el consumo del café con una mayor esperanza de vida. Elaborado a partir de una encuesta y el seguimiento de 229.119 hombres y 173.141 mujeres de entre 50 y 71 años, los resultados plantean que entre dos y tres tazas diarias (no discrimina entre el normal y descafeinado) reducen el riesgo de muerte en un 10%. También expone un efecto protector frente a enfermedades cardíacas, respiratorias, diabetes o infecciones, pero no ante procesos tumorales. De hecho, las primeras conclusiones inducían a pensar lo contrario, a partir de la información recabada entre 33.731 hombres y 18.784 mujeres fallecidos entre 1995 y 2008. El trabajo se ha elaborado a partir de una encuesta y el seguimiento de 229.119 hombres y 173.141 mujeres Tras eliminar esta distorsión, lo que se observó es que la relación era inversa. Las conclusiones del trabajo no solo hay que tomarlas con precaución por la metodología de la recogida de datos.
Zoom sur les boîtes La mémoire douloureuse; 93 x 73 x 13. Sous la Grande Place; 117 x 80 x 15,5. Remplissage du cerveau; 67 x 46 x 10. L'usine à bonheur; 67x70x14 Maintenance de la chaudière; 60 x 46 x 11 Chantier abandonné; 35,5 x 56 x 8 Boîte à l'échafaudage; 40 x 60 x 10 Collection privée. L'aspirateur à mémoire n° 5; L'aspirateur à mémoire n° 6; L'entrepôt ; 30 x 40 x 40 Quelques détails photographies Michel Dubois Zone de transit; 122 x 150 x 18. L'atelier du Gouverneur 4; 77 x 122 x 16. La mine; 140 x 120 x 16 . Grande boîte blanche; 130x130x11. Transfusion aux momies; 101x64x11 Le grand digérant 3; 97x46x17 Le pillage des livres; 80 x 34 x 11,5 Usine pour faire oublier; 120x60x15 . Le grand digérant 2; 117x42x16,5 Le grand départ; 120 x 60 x 13. Boîte dite au grand tamis; 125 x 122 x 18. Embarcadère au ciel étoilé; 45 x 45 x 15 Bibliothèque centrale; Bureau des expéditions; 75 x 60 x 13. Library as a mine; 120 x 95 x 18 Boîte à censure; 18 x 95 x 60 Scène de crime; Boîte 88 x 92 x 10 (Marc Giai-Miniet) et 4 dessins 38 x 30,5 (Loustal).
eaux.minerales.oubliees People Are Awesome: The Coffee Shop Where Everyone Pays for Everyone Else's Drinks - News The main conceit of the 2000 Kevin Spacey film Pay It Forward is that if one person does a kindness for three strangers, and those three people each do kindnesses for three strangers, and so on, one person can change the world. Rarely do we see this acted out in the real world the way it was cinematically—one scene finds a man giving away his brand-new Jaguar to a guy having car troubles—but on a smaller scale, these sorts of random niceties happen far more often than you might think. Today, it's selflessness at a small coffee house in Bluffton, South Carolina. It all started two years ago at Corner Perk, a small, locally owned coffee shop, when a customer paid her bill and left $100 extra, saying she wanted to pay for everyone who ordered after her until the money ran out. "People will come in and say, 'What do you mean? It took a while, but word has started to spread around the tiny coastal town, home to about 12,000 people. A medium cup of coffee at Corner Perk costs $1.95.
Les eaux minerales, eau de source, eau, minerales, bouteilles d'eau, volvic, vittel, evian, contrex, perrier, eau de source, sources, mineraux, pure, montagne, La diététique du sportif : dossier nutri site : l'alimentation du sportif, les regles alimentai Formidable source de bien-être pour tous et compagnon indissociable des sportifs, les eaux minérales sont des éléments précieux de par leur richesse en minéraux disponibles et bienfaiteurs pour l'organisme. Sportif, sachez choisir et consommer les eaux minérales, qui vous conviennent pour donner le meilleur rendement à vos muscles, l'hydratation est une des clés pour la performance... L’eau = vie Point de salut sans eau ! L’eau compose notre corps d’adulte à plus de 60%, et 75% pour les nouveaux nés, nous sommes de véritables éponges ! La qualité de l’eau L’eau courante est le produit alimentaire qui subit le plus de contrôle en France et en dépit des critiques et des craintes qu’ils expriment, 6 français sur 10 déclarent en boire tous les jours. Dure ou douce ? Les eaux minérales, ça coule de source La France est le premier producteur mondial d’eau en bouteille et les français détiennent le record mondial de consommation : 85 litres/personne et par an. Eau de source ? Choisir son Ö
Finger Monkeys – Too Small To Be Real Ever held a finger monkey before? What’s a finger monkey, you ask. Well, believe it or not, it’s a monkey the size of a human finger. They got their name because of their size and the fact that they cling to your fingers when you try to hold them. The planet’s smallest living primate, finger monkeys are also known as pocket monkeys or tiny lions. Indigenous to the rain forests of Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia, the common finger monkey can grow up to 14 inches. "I'm clinging for dear life!" "It turns out this rug is as soft as advertised. "I was in the middle of a goddamn nap, and you just had to wake me! "I'm fascinated by that cat in the corner. "This is like an amusement park ride from hell." "I'm old man finger monkey magoo, and my arm and hand are freakishly human. "I just learned that I can keep my balance in any situation. "Wait, who thought this would be a good idea again?" "I'm number 1! "I'm still number 1." "Getting sleepy. So, how bout it?