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Sex Tapes For Students

A fifth-grade teacher is under investigation in California after she apparently gave students a DVD containing material from a homemade sex tape. CBS 13 reports the teacher called one family after the error was caught and apologized profusely, asking them to spread the word to stop kids from seeing the video.

A Squirrel Popped Out Of Her Cleavage

Police interviewing an Ohio woman about a murder case get quite the surprise when a squirrel suddenly pops out of her tank top. The woman pushes the animal back into her top and continues with the interview.

Wayne Mackey, a Warren, Ohio police detective, has seen a lot during his years on the force, but nothing prepared him for what happened a few weeks ago, when he was interviewing a witness on a recent murder case.

The World's Fastest Convertible

Ferrari built the 16M, a convertible version of the awesome F430 Scuderia, to commemorate winning its 16th Formula 1 constructors championship last year. Just 499 are being built, and Novitec Rosso got its hands on one to make the cavallino rampante a little more rapido with a pair of superchargers.

The 16M produces 503 horsepower and 347 pound-feet. It takes 3.8 seconds to reach 62 mph from a standstill.

Starbucks Showing Us All The Way

Starbucks Coffee Company announced on Jun 29th 2009 their next step in solidifying a relationship with Fairtrade. Starbucks goal is to have all espresso sold in their UK stores to be both Starbucks™ Shared Planet™ and Fairtrade Certified™ by the end of 2009. In addition, Starbucks will make their first 100% Fairtrade certified whole bean coffee from Rwanda available in the UK as a limited edition coffee by early 2010.

Coffee produced by Rwanda’s Dukunde Kawa Cooperative earned Fairtrade certification in 2004, and first received Starbuck’s coffee buyers in 2005. The coffee they supply will be a limited run of fully-washed Bourbon Arabica.

As the largest purchaser of Fairtrade coffee, Starbucks is building on a relationship with other Fairtrade organizations that spans a decade. They are joined in this current effort by the Fairtrade Foundation and the Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International

I buy quite a lot of Fairtrade products. Not just because it helps the people who produce it make a fair living and ensures they don't get ripped off, but also, the products are of a superior standard than those of the 'Mass Producers'.

Well done Starbucks, I'm with you all the way.

Video: Micheal Jacksons Last Video Performance

This is reportedly the last video footage shot of Micheal Jackson. It shows him rehearsing for his upcoming 50 shows at the London O2 Arena. It was shot on Jun 23rd at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles just 2 days before he died.

His voice seems strong and he looks to be very well rehearsed for this, and enjoying himself.

Ghassan Hanna - An Inspiration To Anyone

On June 13th a guy died who you may never have heard of, but he is an inspiration to anyone who wants to make a better life for themselves and help others. He is an inspiration to me, there's no question about that.

Ghassan Salem Hanna was born into a Palestinian Christian family in Nablus on October 19 1949, one of 11 children of a primary school headmaster. Aged seven, Ghassan asked his father what were his chances of becoming Pope, to be told "zero"; he decided that if he could not heal with prayer, he would become a doctor. He was 17 and still at school when the Six-Day war broke out; and one night, after a friend had been shot and killed, Ghassan left his home with no money and only the clothes he stood up in. His aim was to enrol at the medical school in Cairo.

He crossed the river Jordan and made his way to Amman, where he was taken in by one of his aunts. Because of the war, however, he had been unable to sit his exam in physics (his strongest subject), and when his results were published his overall mark was not sufficient to get him into the Cairo medical school.

He was offered the chance to study engineering at Baghdad University, and was about to take it up when he received a telegram saying that he had been accepted by Alexandria Medical School. From there, he was able to transfer to the school in Cairo, where he eventually qualified.

Hanna first practised in Dubai, where he developed his interest in Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) surgery. His original desire was to work among his own people; but when he returned home to what was now occupied territory, he discovered that he was not included in the Israeli census and was no longer considered a Palestinian citizen. He decided to make his career in Britain, arriving in 1980.

In 1988 Hanna took up the position of consultant surgeon in ENT at the General Hospital (later the County Hospital) at Hereford, where he remained for the next 20 years.

As the senior ENT surgeon, and the lead head and neck cancer specialist for Hereford, he was well-liked and respected by medical students and junior doctors, and always much enjoyed his role in training them; he also fought hard to provide the best possible care for his patients.

Hanna retired from the NHS in 2007, but continued to see patients privately until the time of his death. He and his family lived at the village of Clehonger, near Hereford, where he created a beautiful garden and took delight in his proficiency at Middle Eastern cuisine.

Ghassan Hanna died from a heart attack on June 13 as he and his wife were preparing for their joint sixtieth and fiftieth birthday party. He married, in 1976, Wafa Nemer Bishara, whose family was also from Nablus.

Their son is a communications manager at Barnet and Chase Farm hospitals, north London, and all three of their daughters are doctors.

DIY Circumcision Using Nail Clippers

From the Daily Telegraph comes the story of a guy who gave himself a DIY circumcision using nail clippers was taken to hospital for emergency treatment.

The young man had to be rushed to the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The wound was disinfected to cleanse it before he was given a bed in an observation ward.

"This is something we would advise men never to attempt," a medic said, "The results can be quite horrific and long-lasting and have quite an affect on a man's sexual performance. Using a pair of nail clippers must have caused excruciating pain, even if he had had a few drinks beforehand."

In April last year a leading brain surgeon used a £30 DIY drill to carry out a successful operation on a fully conscious patient.

Henry Marsh used a Bosch PSR960 cordless drill because he did not have his normal equipment on him.

But Mr Marsh had to use the drill because he was on a trip to Ukraine in Eastern Europe to help people let down by a vastly inadequate health system.

Halfway through the operation to remove the tumour from Marian Dolishny's head, the power ran out.

Thankfully the neurosurgeon, who normally practises at St George's Hospital in Tooting, south, London, was able the complete the operation and save a life.