FDA says residue is frog or toad; how did it get in Pepsi can?
2009-09-03
By Emanuella Grinberg ...
(CNN) -- The "disgusting" blob that Fred DeNegri's wife says she poured out of his Diet Pepsi can was probably a gutted frog or toad, the Food and Drug Administration said.
Amy DeNegri took pictures of the can in question right after her husband gagged on its contents.
DeNegri was grilling in his backyard tiki bar in Ormond Beach, Florida, when he popped open a can of Diet Pepsi, took a big gulp and started gagging, his wife, Amy, said.
He emptied out the can down a sink but something heavy remained inside. His wife took over and shook the can over a paper plate until something resembling "pink linguini" slid out, followed by "dark stuff," Amy DeNegri said.
"It was disgusting," said Amy DeNegri, 55. "And now, what started out as a normal afternoon in our tiki bar has blown up into this crazy thing."
Undocumented workers awarded $3.85 million in accidents
2009-06-18
From Mythili Rao .. CNN ..
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Two undocumented workers from Mexico and one from Ecuador have reached court settlements in recent weeks for a total of $3.85 million in damages for New York construction-site accidents, an attorney for the men announced Wednesday.
"All three cases involve construction and terribly unsafe working conditions," the attorney, Brian O'Dwyer, said in a news conference. "We're here today to re-emphasize -- as we have in the past -- to the Latino community and all undocumented workers that they have the same rights once they're on the job as any New York citizen."
'Horse Boy,' family find respite from autism in Mongolia
2009-04-25
Trekking across the Mongolian prairie on horseback, Isaacson says, Rowan's behavior was changed dramatically.
"Rowan was not cured of autism out there," Isaacson stressed. "The word 'cure' is not in my vocabulary for this. Rowan came back without three key dysfunctions that he had. He went out to Mongolia incontinent and still suffering from these neurological firestorms -- so tantruming all the time and cut off from his peers, unable to make friends -- and he came back with those three dysfunctions having gone."
Isaacson credits Rowan's improvement to horses and time in nature -- and to shamanic healing
A visit to Mongolia is listed in the "UNFOGGETABLE THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE" book by the BBC. Aside from it's incredible beauty, it is a land full of adventure for the intrepid traveller.
If you have always dreamt of one day uprooting from the humdrum of city life, venturing off around the world on a quest for adventure, then 2009 is the year for you to pack your bags and head for Mongolia. We are waiting to share with you the magic of our homeland, so that you too can experience of wonders of Mongolia.
sumo 09/09
