Friday, July 18, 2008


BLATANT BODY PART PIRACY...


Blatant body part piracy...

A 43 year old factory worker in Bangkok, Thailand, has told local police she has discovered her right kidney was absent after having an x-ray to detect the cause of her frequent fainting spells and the constant pain in her waist.

The Bangkok Post reported the woman had claimed her kidney was "stolen" in 2006 - a 2005 x-ray clearly showed two kidneys in her body.But she has lodged a complaint against a private hospital she had been admitted to for an operation on an ovarian cyst, as having stolen her kidney during the operation process two years ago.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008


HYDROGEN GAS FROM WATER - A SCAM OR FACT...

First published at Qassia:

An Aucklander, Simon Cape, who has reportedly powered his house by using solar energy, is now fuelling his car with water.

His house featured on New Zealand television and in local newspapers. He has reportedly reduced his domestic power bill down to a mere NZ$55.00 per month and even sold excess electricity back to the national grid.

His latest project is also potentially controversial in its claims, something previously written off on the internet as scams; it has featured in a recent television news program here.

He claims to have modified a small hydrogen gas-making kit to fuel his Honda CRV and has slashed his petrol bill by 20% with just a capful of water per week.

While he actually discovered the concept of using hydrogen to supplement petrol 20 years ago, it has only been in recent times with petrol prices here in New Zealand soaring through the roof, he has given further thought.

He recently surfed the net to establish what technological advances had been made in the last two decades.

An electrician by trade,he imported a hydrogen gas-making device from the US, and applied a bit of Kiwi ingenuity to the task. While the finished kit owes more to No 8 wire than high tech, he has a glass jar filled with distilled water, with several wires attached alongside the engine of his car.

It allows a very small amount of electricity to be taken from his car battery to change the water into HHO gas(2 parts hydrogen to one part oxygen)which is then fed in with the fuel, something that reduces petrol use.

The driver of the car has the option to switch between full fuel petrol and the hydrogen supplement. In principle this is similar to the CNG and petrol concept.

Simon Cope claims the advantage of the kit is its easy installation, its cost effectiveness, and lack of any known negative effects on the car's engine.

He told a New Zealand Sunday newspaper he had been testing the kit(which he has named Water for Petrol) for the last two months. He is also selling the kit for NZ$350.00 and has 60 prospective customers. The greater the number sold will enable a better test result.

After reading the original article about Simon Cope's hydrogen water kit, I believe things need to be put into perspective - in what will be an evolutionary process, hydrogen gas is a supplement not a full substitute as many people believe. I can't speak with any authority about internet advertised hydrogen gas alternatives, but the NZ kit is a creditable work in progress and in the public domain. A progress report is anticipated in coming weeks, which should be reported by television and other media.

Despite this there are still those who claim a scam.I Wonder?

Read here

Monday, July 14, 2008


THE YES MEN TAKE ON THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION WITH PARODY...

The "Yes Men" take on the WTO with parody. I watched a recent documentary on how they combat the WTO and certainly take the wind out of the sails of that organisation.

The story follows Andy and Mike from their beginnings with GWBush.com, and on to their tasteless parody of the WTO's website. Some visitors don’t notice the site is a fake, and send speaking invitations meant for the real WTO. Mike and Andy play along with the ruse and soon find themselves attending important functions as WTO representatives.

Delighted to speak for the organization they oppose, Andy and Mike don thrift-store suits and set out to shock their unwitting audiences with darkly comic satires on global free trade. Weirdly, the experts don’t notice the joke and seem to agree with every terrible idea the two can come up with.

Exhausted by their failed attempts to shock, Mike and Andy take a whole new approach for one final lecture.

The Yes Men is directed by Dan Olman, Sarah Price, and Chris Smith, whose previous credits include the 1999 Sundance Winner “American Movie.” It was released by United Artists.

The movie