Reuters: Oddly Enough: Ten-year-old boy wins Alaska's contest for giant cabbages

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Ten-year-old boy wins Alaska's contest for giant cabbages Aug 31st 2013, 21:37 By Yereth Rosen PALMER, Alaska | Sat Aug 31, 2013 5:37pm EDT PALMER, Alaska (Reuters) - A 10-year-old boy has won Alaska's annual giant cabbage contest, submitting a 92.3-pound (41.9 kg) specimen named "Bob" to officials at the state fair. Keevan Dinkel of Wasilla, Alaska, produced this year's winning entry, which was carried in by several Boy Scouts, in the Alaska State Fair's Giant Cabbage Weigh-Off on Friday night. His giant cabbage, which rose to about thigh height on a typical adult, and those of other contestants were weighed at the fairgrounds in Palmer, in a contest watched by hundreds of onlookers, attended by green-clad women dressed as "cabbage fairies" and monitored by a representative of the state Division of Weights and Measures. Produce can grow to enormous sizes under Alaska's summer midnight sun. Growing big cabbages is a tradition in this part of the state, just north of Anchorage, which is considered Alaska's main farm belt. This year was the first time in the contest's 18 years that a child has won the weigh-off, according to state fair officials. The fair offers a junior competition for growers 12 and younger, but Keevan's entry was put into the adult open category because of its size. Keevan, whose family operates a local farm, took home $2,000 for his prize-winner. Keevan's "Bob" fell short of the world-record 138.3-pound (62.7-kg) cabbage, called the "Palmer Pachyderm," grown last year by Palmer greenhouse owner Scott Robb. While the unusually hot and sunny summer was good for many crops, that was not the case for the traditional green cabbages, said growers attending Friday's fair weigh-in. "Cabbages are a cold crop. They like their roots warm and their heads cool," said Mardie Robb, Scott Robb's wife. Alaska's giant vegetables also face hazards, including marauding moose that are fond of poaching would-be winners while they are growing in gardens, and flaws that might develop during growing can knock them out of contention. This year, a potential state-champion pumpkin, a 1,289-pound (584.6 kg) specimen named "Time Bandit" and grown by J.D. Megchelsen of Nikiski, was disqualified because of a hole, violating rules calling for vegetables to be structurally intact. Absent the hole, it would have just beaten the Alaska pumpkin record of 1,287 pounds (583.8 kg) that Megchelsen set in 2011. Instead, this year's blue ribbon went to a 1,182-pound (536.1 kg) pumpkin named "Eva" that was grown in Anchorage. (Editing by Scott Malone and Mohammad Zargham) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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Reuters: Oddly Enough: Shell-shock: Maine lobsterman finds two-tone crustacean

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Shell-shock: Maine lobsterman finds two-tone crustacean Aug 30th 2013, 21:32 BOWDOINHAM, Maine | Fri Aug 30, 2013 3:15pm EDT BOWDOINHAM, Maine (Reuters) - It's not quite winning the lottery, but the odds are about as remote: A lobsterman off the coast of Maine recently hauled in an almost perfectly two-toned lobster - half orange, half brown. The chances, according to scientists, are approximately 1-in-50 million. "It looked as if someone had taken painter's tape and run it from proboscis to tail, then spray-painted one side. It's a perfectly straight line," said Alan Lishness, of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. "You don't usually see such hard edges in nature." American lobsters are typically greenish-brown in color, and become red only after boiling. The lobster was caught by Jeff Edwards, a lobsterman from Owl's Head, who kept it to show friends and family, then brought it to the Ship to Shore Lobster Co, a local fisherman's wharf, according to co-owner Anna Mason. "We've had blue ones and calico ones, but we'd never seen anything like this," said Mason. After photographing the lobster the lobsterman donated it to the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, a nonprofit marine science center in Portland, which keeps lobsters in a tank for children's education programs. "This one just stops people in their tracks," said the institute's Lishness. "Even people who've seen thousands of lobsters just can't believe it." Lishness said the split-colored lobster is far more uncommon than the yellow or blue lobster, which both make occasional appearances along the Maine Coast, but is at least twice as likely to turn up in a lobster trap than an albino, the rarest of all lobster mutations. (Reporting by Dave Sherwood, editing by Scott Malone and Prudence Crowther) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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Reuters: Oddly Enough: Home of Irish whiskey woos tourists with fake shops

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Home of Irish whiskey woos tourists with fake shops Aug 30th 2013, 10:15 1 of 12. A man walks past an empty shop, which has been covered with artwork to make it look more appealing, in the village of Bushmills on the Causeway Coast August 19, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Cathal McNaughton By Cathal McNaughton BUSHMILLS, Northern Ireland | Fri Aug 30, 2013 6:15am EDT BUSHMILLS, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - One of the homes of Irish whiskey is fighting an economic downturn by investing in art projects to brighten up derelict shops and houses - an approach it says is boosting tourist numbers. The idea of cosmetically enhancing villages in Northern Ireland, a British province still recovering from three decades of sectarian violence, gained much publicity before a meeting of G8 leaders there in June. Bushmills, best known as the town where the whiskey of the same name was distilled for the first time 400 years ago, has taken the practice to an extent that the village is becoming recognizable for highly detailed artwork and graphics that brighten up its main street. It is notable for the scale of the project - around a dozen vacant units have been given a facelift, including an old-style cobblers where a worker in a flat cap mends shoes. A bakery with appetizing bread and cakes is depicted up the road with a barber shop and bookmakers nearby. Windows and doors have been painted on to empty houses, complete with people observing passersby outside. Elsewhere, Farmyard animals are drawn coming out of shop doors. "Being a tourist village, there was quite a lot of emphasis put on trying to bring about an uplift and see could it be the catalyst for further economic development in the town," said Aidan McPeake, director of environmental services for the local council. "That seems to be the case now, the village has been very popular this year. It's been very successful." Two of the shops brightened up with art over the past year are no longer vacant, McPeake said. The Northern Ireland government has spent 2 million pounds ($3 million) to tackle dereliction over the past two years and stickers were applied to windows in areas near the luxury golf resort where G8 leaders met to give the impression that business was booming. But the "Brighter Bushmills Project" was set up by locals last year and supported by the local council, which is among the least well-funded in the North. They raised 30,000 pounds, some of which was donated by the local distillery, and the shopfronts depicted are more detailed and colorful than elsewhere. A second phase, developed with the help of government funds, was completed in March of this year. As a gateway to the Giant's Causeway, the famous collection of interlocking rock formations considered a World Heritage Centre by the United Nations' cultural agency, Bushmills hopes the initiative will make sure the tourists keep coming. "Obviously locals would much rather see the properties filled and in use all the time but this is definitely the next best option," McPeake said. ($1 = 0.6437 British pounds) (Additional reporting by Padraic Halpin in Dublin) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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Reuters: Oddly Enough: Florida to call on Labrador retrievers to stem Giant Snail invasion

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Florida to call on Labrador retrievers to stem Giant Snail invasion Aug 29th 2013, 23:36 1 of 3. Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam holds a shell as he speaks at a news conference about successes in attempts to eradicate the Giant African Land Snail in Miami, Florida August 29, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Joe Skipper By Kevin Gray MIAMI | Thu Aug 29, 2013 7:36pm EDT MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida officials trying to eradicate the Giant African Land Snail, one of the world's most destructive invasive species, plan to deploy a new weapon in the battle - Labrador retrievers. State agriculture authorities say they hope the dogs will add to their success in fighting an infestation of the slimy snails, which were first spotted by a homeowner nearly two years ago and quickly swept through the Miami area. On Wednesday, officials said that since the start of an aggressive extermination campaign they have collected 128,000 of the snails, which can grow as big as rats and devour plants as well as stucco and plaster in a hunt for calcium they need to grow their big shells. In large numbers, the snails can cause extensive structural damage to buildings. "We see a lot of strange things in Florida and this one makes the top of the list," said Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam. "It is a very serious pest." Putnam said $6 million has been spent so far to eradicate the munching mollusks, which may have been introduced to Florida by a Miami Santeria group, a religion with West African and Caribbean roots that was found in 2012 to be using the snails in its rituals. The snails can carry a parasitic rat lungworm that can cause illness in humans, including a form of meningitis, although no such cases have been identified in the United States. To stamp out the snails, a team of 45 people regularly fans out across Miami, sometimes using rakes and getting down on their hands and knees to hunt for them. The snail fighters are also using bait, chemical treatments and experimental traps to root out the mollusks, helped by phone calls from local residents who report sightings. Joining them soon will be canine detectors, including a Labrador retriever being trained to sniff out the snails. "They're very good at detecting the Giant African Land Snail," said Richard Gaskalla, the head of plant industry at the Florida Agriculture Department. "So we're building four-legged technology into this program as quickly as we can." The Giant African Land Snail has no natural predator, posing a challenge to eradication efforts. But it can give off a strong odor that dogs can be trained to detect. Officials showed off a black Lab named Bear who is expected to soon wrap up his three-month training and start accompanying the snail hunters. Two other Labradors are also expected to be trained, they said. Officials say they believe they have contained the snails to the Miami area. Gaskalla said the program was showing success, with a sharp drop in numbers found. "The number of detections this last year were in the thousands; now they are down to around 200 to 300 a week," he said. (Editing by Eric Walsh) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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Reuters: Oddly Enough: Naming and shaming: Macau website targets deadbeat gamblers

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Naming and shaming: Macau website targets deadbeat gamblers Aug 29th 2013, 09:59 1 of 3. A high angle view of croupiers prepare to greet visitors at Sands Macau casino in Macau, a former Portuguese enclave before reverting to Chinese rule, in this May 18, 2004 file photo. Credit: Reuters/Bobby Yip/Files By Farah Master HONG KONG | Thu Aug 29, 2013 5:59am EDT HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hustler, cheater, robber, rogue. Gamblers who skip out on casino debts in Macau risk being branded with these monikers and having personal details made public by a website that says it has helped to recover 50 million yuan ($8 million) so far. But the novel strategy to combat bad debts in the world's largest gambling destination is under scrutiny from the police for possibly breaking the law and from the Chinese territory's gaming authority over privacy concerns. The bilingual website, called Wonderful World in English, features a blacklist of more than 70 people from across China who it says have failed to repay gambling debts ranging from thousands to millions of yuan. Photographs of alleged deadbeats, along with their date of birth and marital status, are displayed prominently. A bounty is often offered for help in tracking them down. Macau, a former Portuguese colony and the only place in China where casinos are allowed, raked in $38 billion in gaming revenues last year, with 70 percent of that coming from the lucrative VIP sector. Collecting gambling debts is illegal in China, which makes Macau's 35 casinos heavily reliant on junkets - companies or agents that lure high rollers - to settle any debts. The top junkets are sprawling conglomerates with thousands of employees and deep pockets that allow them to lend millions to gamblers. In one entry on the site, a young man from northern China is alleged to owe tens of millions of yuan from a loan dating back to 2011. The photo shows him wearing glasses and a blue shirt as he drives a car. His occupation is listed as "idling away his time" and his hobbies as "eating, being merry and gambling". He was given a danger rating of 95 percent, meaning the likelihood that he will not repay his debts. The danger levels of other alleged debtors range from 90 percent to 100 percent. Macau is not alone. The two casinos in Singapore, also a popular destination for Chinese gamblers, have had problems with high rollers who have been given large lines of credit and then left the country without paying their debts. FREE SITE Wonderful World was launched a year ago as a news and entertainment site, but began the blacklist of gamblers two months ago on the suggestion of a friend, an administrator who gave his name as Mr. Teng told Reuters. The personal information is provided by the creditors. The site does not charge for the postings, take a cut of recovered money or work in conjunction with Macau's junkets or casino operators, Teng said. While the site is a good way to track down minor deadbeats, it is unlikely to be used much by big junkets who deal in larger volumes and have extensive connections and knowledge of debtors' assets, said a Macau-based junket agent. The police are investigating the site and assembling an internal report, a spokeswoman said, declining further comment. Teng said Wonderful World's operators are cooperating with the police and are keen to continue providing the free platform. "The most important thing is we want more people to see our website," he said. ($1 = 6.1202 Chinese yuan) (Editing by John O'Callaghan and Ron Popeski) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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Reuters: Oddly Enough: Mouse body clock study offers clues to possible jet lag cure

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Mouse body clock study offers clues to possible jet lag cure Aug 29th 2013, 16:22 LONDON | Thu Aug 29, 2013 12:22pm EDT LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found a genetic mechanism in mice that hampers their body clock's ability to adjust to changes in patterns of light and dark, and say their results could someday lead to the development of drugs to combat jet lag. Researchers from Britain's Oxford University and from the Swiss drug firm Roche used mice to analyze patterns of genes in an area of the brain called the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) - which in mammals pulls every cell in the body into the same biological rhythm. They found that one molecule, called SIK1, is key to how the mice responded to changes in light cycles. When the scientists blocked the activity of SIK1, the mice recovered faster from disturbances in their daily light and dark cycle that had been designed to induce a form of mouse jet lag. If the corresponding mechanism can be found and similarly blocked in humans, jet lag may become a thing of the past, the researchers said in their study, published online in the journal Cell on Thursday. "We're still several years away from a cure for jet lag, but understanding the mechanisms that generate and regulate our circadian clock gives us targets to develop drugs to help bring our bodies in tune with the solar cycle," said Russell Foster, director of Oxford's sleep and circadian neuroscience institute. He said such drugs could also have broader potential value, including for people with mental illnesses where sleep disturbances are common. (Reporting by Kate Kelland; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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Reuters: Oddly Enough: Fired Paraguayan bus drivers have themselves nailed to crosses

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Fired Paraguayan bus drivers have themselves nailed to crosses Aug 30th 2013, 23:03 (From L to R) Route 30 public bus drivers Oscar Romero, Simeon Rojas, Dario Peralta and Carlos Silva take part in a hunger strike in protest over their dismissal in Luque, on the outskirts of Asuncion, August 30, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Jorge Adorno

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Reuters: Oddly Enough: 'Twerk' dancing and 'selfie' photos added to English dictionary

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'Twerk' dancing and 'selfie' photos added to English dictionary Aug 28th 2013, 11:42 LONDON | Wed Aug 28, 2013 7:42am EDT LONDON (Reuters) - "Twerk", a provocative dance move that has gone viral, and "selfie" a photograph taken of oneself using a phone, are two new words added to the Oxford English Dictionary on Wednesday. The dictionary has included words such as "twerk", "selfie", "digital detox" and the social media meaning of the verb "unlike" in its latest quarterly update to reflect the increasing use of technology and social media. Spokeswoman Katherine Connor Martin said the dictionary, which is one of the largest dictionaries in the world and dates back 150 years, adds about 1,000 new entries to its online version every year. She said the word "twerk" has been around for 20 years but has generated enough evidence of usage to be added to its online dictionaries with U.S. pop star Miley Cyrus hitting headlines this week for "twerking" at the MTV Video Music Awards. Arising in the early 1990s, the word is described in the dictionary as "a dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance". "The current public reaction to twerking is reminiscent in some ways of how the twisting craze was regarded in the early 1960s, when it was first popularized by Chubby Checker's song, 'The Twist'," said Connor Martin. "Only time will tell if twerking will similarly be embraced by the general public." Other words such as "unlike", the withdrawal of approval on social media, "digital detox", where a person refrains from using smartphones or computers, and "fomo" or fear of missing out - anxiety that an interesting event may be happening elsewhere, have also been added. "Omnishambles", a situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations is also among the new entries, originating from the British political comedy TV series "The Thick of It". (Reporting by Li-mei Hoang, editing by Paul Casciato) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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Reuters: Oddly Enough: Maine 'hermit' pleads not guilty to stealing to support himself

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Maine 'hermit' pleads not guilty to stealing to support himself Aug 27th 2013, 18:59 1 of 3. Christopher Knight, 47, is shown in this Kennebec County Jail booking photo following his arrest on April 4, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Kennebec County Jail/Handout By Dave Sherwood AUGUSTA, Maine | Tue Aug 27, 2013 2:59pm EDT AUGUSTA, Maine (Reuters) - A Maine man who lived in the woods with nearly no human contact for 27 years, supporting himself by stealing food and supplies, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to seven counts of burglary and six of theft. Christopher Knight, 47, was clean-shaven with closely cropped hair and looked well fed at the time of his arrest in April. He has grown a full beard in his four months in prison and now looks gaunt. Since his capture, he has been the subject of a documentary, countless media stories, received marriage proposals and a "no-strings-attached" offer by a stranger to pay his bail. Wearing baggy green prison clothes as he sat in a courthouse just 20 miles east of his long-time woodland hideout, Knight appeared unfazed by the bustle of reporters and television cameras. He answered "not guilty" to each of the counts but otherwise did not address the court. Justice Michaela Murphy set Knight's trial for October 8. Prosecution and defense attorneys said they were confident they would be able to reach a plea deal that would avoid trial. "We're trying to come to an agreement that includes both the punishment angle and rehabilitation," said Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney, adding that Knight was found competent to stand trial. Police contend Knight committed as many as 1,000 burglaries in order to survive. The list of stolen items runs the gamut from flashlights, electrical tape and propane to video games and marshmallows. Authorities initially said Knight confessed to many of the burglaries. His attorney Walter McKee said Knight pleaded "not guilty" because of technicalities involved with the confession. He noted Knight said he had "always 100 percent completely accepted responsibility for what he did," and called the situation "awkward." Knight has offered little explanation for why he walked away from his home in 1986 and began a life with almost no human contact. He was arrested in April after police said they caught him stealing food and supplies from a summer camp for the disabled. At the time he was arrested, authorities said everything but his eyeglasses, the same pair he wore in a photo taken of him shortly before he disappeared, was stolen. Knight's camp, well-appointed with a tent, sleeping bags and cookstove, was hidden amongst boulders and crevices on a hillside of evergreens just a few hundred yards from the nearest house. The judge confirmed bail at $25,000, but prohibited third parties from offering it, making it unlikely Knight, who has no possessions, would post it. "There are those who don't think he should be prosecuted at all. Others think he should be in prison for the rest of his life," said Maloney. "But no one wants him to return to the life he was living before unless he can do so legally." (Editing by Scott Malone and Andrew Hay) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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Reuters: Oddly Enough: Russian police seize painting of Putin in women's underwear

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Russian police seize painting of Putin in women's underwear Aug 27th 2013, 18:05 A visitor takes a picture of the artwork entitled ''Travesty'' by Konstantin Altunin at an exhibition at the Muzei Vlasti (Museum of Authorities) in St. Petersburg August 15, 2013. Overnight on August 26 several art installations, including the ''Travesty'' that depicts figures resembling Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, were confiscated by the police from Muzei Vlasti and shall be checked for extremist propaganda. The museum, which opened on August 15, was closed after the police visit, local media reported. Picture taken August 15, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Stringer

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