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99-year-old woman checks 'get arrested' off her bucket list Getting arrested is not usually on one’s bucket list item, but that’s precisely what sat on top of 99-year-old Annie’s list: “Experience a police cell from within.” Annie’s niece contacted officers in the Dutch town of Nijmegan-Zuid to tell them about her aunt’s dream. There was a problem, though. “Civilians are not allowed inside an area with cells,” the police said on Facebook. But how could you say no to such an odd request? An officer named Maarten bent the rules and “arranged a visit for Annie (very exceptional) in a dwell chamber.” And Annie got the full effect: she was picked up by the police, cuffed, and locked up. And she apparently enjoyed the experience, photos showed. Although this request might seem uncommon, it is not the first time someone has asked to be thrown in jail for the fun of it. Last year, Edie Simms, a 102-year-old woman in St. Louis, had her dream come true when — upon request — police officers arrested her at the senior centre where she delivered her handmade scarves and potholders.

Not So Great Ideas From The Past 1. Computers, in the future, may weigh no more than 1.5 tons. Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949. 2. I think there is a world market for, maybe, five computers. Thomas Watson, chairperson of IBM, 1943. 3. I have travelled the length and breadth of this country, and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that will not last out the year. The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957. 4. But what is the microchip good for? Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip. 5. There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. Ken Olson, president, chairperson and founder of Digital Equipment Corp. 1977.One of the all-time classic tech prediction flubs. At that time, the first microprocessors had only recently come to market, personal computers of the era sported awkward names like ” Microsoft and Apple were startups. 6. This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is, inherently, of no value. Western Union internal memo, 1876. 7. The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular? David Sarnoff’s associates; in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s 8. The concept is interesting and well formed. But, in order to earn better than a ‘C,’ the idea must be feasible. A Yale Univ. management professor in response to Fred Smith’s paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.) 9. There is just not that many videos I want to watch. Steve Chen in 2005, CTO and co-founder of YouTube expressing concerns about his company’s long-term viability. 10. I am just glad it will be Clark Gable who is falling on his face and not Gary Cooper. Gary Cooper on his decision not to take the leading role in “Gone With The Wind”. 11. A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make. Response to Debbi Fields’ idea of starting Mrs. Fields’ Cookies. 12. We do not like their sound and guitar music is on the way out. Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962 13. The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a novelty, a fad. President of the Michigan Savings Bank advising Henry Ford’s lawyer, Horace Rackham, not to invest in the Ford Motor Company. 14. Stocks have reached what looks like a, permanently, high plateau. Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929. The stock market crash of 1929 and the subsequent Great Depression cost Fisher much of his personal wealth and academic reputation 15. Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value. Marecha Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre. 16. Louis Pasteur’s theory of germs is ridiculous fiction. Pierre Pachet, Professor of Physiology at Toulouse, 1872 17. The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon. Sir John Eric Ericksen, British surgeon, Surgeon-Extraordinary to Queen Victoria, 1873. Finally… 18. 64K ought to be enough memory for anybody. Bill Gates, 1981

I was telling my wife how good life was on my early 20's before I met her.... Out every night. Unlike being home every night. Broke but happy partying and drinking. Unlike being rich but sober. Living in a shared house with strangers and only a few possessions. Unlike the luxury I live in now. Lots of women. Unlike the one I have. A car that only just started after screaming at it. Unlike the luxury car I have now. LIFE WAS AWESOME. As I looked at her as if she had taken my best years away. "Some good news" she said. Turns out if you keep up this attitude, You will be broke, drunk and homeless again.

There was an Englishman, a Frenchman and a stupid man... The three went on a hunting trip, and split up to contest who could hunt the best game. On the first day, the Englishman returned with a large deer. To his amazement, the stupid man asked, "How did you catch that?" "I simply followed the tracks," said the Englishman. The next day, the Frenchman returned with a sack of pheasants slung over his shoulder. Impreased, the stupid man asked, "How did you catch that?. Just as the Englishman said, the Frenchman replied, "I simply followed the tracks." On the next day, the trio returned empty handed, but with the stupid man utterly mauled. "Dear god, did you encounter a bear?" the Englishman inquired with concern. "No, it must have been a moose!" the Frenchman argued. "No, I listened to your advice," the stupid man said angrily, "I followed the tracks and got hit by a train!"

Three women are about to be executed for their crimes One's a brunette, one's a redhead, and one's a blonde. Two guards brings the brunette forward, and the executioner asks if she has any last requests. She says no, and the executioner shouts, "Ready . . . Aim . . ." Suddenly the brunette yells, "earthquake!!" Everyone is startled and looks around. She manages to escape. The angry guards then bring the redhead forward, and the executioner asks if she has any last requests. She says no, and the executioner shouts, "Ready . . . Aim . . ." The redhead then screams, "tornado!!" Yet again, everyone is startled and looks around. She too escapes execution. By this point, the blonde has figured out what the others did. The guards bring her forward, and the executioner asks if she has any last requests. She also says no, and the executioner shouts, Ready . . . Aim . . ." The blonde shouts, "fire!!"

Three men were out riding in the car when it crashed into a tree. Before anyone knew it, the three men found themselves standing before the pearly gates of Heaven, where St. Peter and the Devil were standing nearby. "Gentlemen," the Devil started, "Due to the fact that Heaven is now overcrowded, St. Peter has agreed to limit the number of people entering Heaven. If anyone of you can ask me a question which I cannot answer, then you're worthy enough to go to Heaven; if not, then you'll come with me to Hell." The philosopher then stepped up, "OK, give me the most comprehensive report on Socrates' teachings." With a snap of his finger, a stack of paper appeared next to the Devil. The philosopher read it and concluded it was correct. "Then, go to Hell!" With another snap of his finger, the philosopher disappeared. The mathematician then asked, "Give me the most complicated formula ever theorized!" With a snap of his finger, another stack of paper appeared next to the Devil. The mathematician read it and reluctantly agreed it was correct. "Then, go to Hell!" With another snap of his finger, the mathematician disappeared too. The idiot then stepped forward and said, "Bring me a chair!" The Devil brought forward a chair. "Drill 7 holes on the seat." The Devil did just that. The idiot then sat on the chair and let out a very loud fart. Standing up, he asked, "Which hole did my fart come out from?" The Devil inspected the seat and said, "Hmm, the third hole from the right." "Wrong," said the idiot, "From my asshole." And the idiot went to heaven.

Peru Picture taken in Peru during a journey from the USA through Central and South America by Duncan Cartwright.

Quiz - How truthful and honest are you. How often do you swear or use other ‘bad language’: a) When talking face-to-face with another person b) When nobody else is around c) When messaging/emailing/online Choose your responses from the following answers: Never - 1 point Once a year - 2 points A few times a year - 3 points Once a month - 4 points 2-3 times a month - 5 points Once a week - 6 points 2-3 times a week - 7 points 4-6 times a week - 8 points Every day - 9 points Several times a day - 10 points When you have your three scores, add them together and divide by three to get your average. Before we see what that says about you, answer the following question: If you say you will do something, do you always keep your promise no matter how inconvenient? Yes or no The average score for swearing (based on an online sample of 300 people) is 6.5, so if you scored higher than this, you are officially more sweary than the average person. You are also probably more honest. In a study published by Gilad Feldman of Maastricht University, found that a positive correlation between swearing and honesty, as measured by yes/no questions like the one above. The logic is that nobody keeps every single promise, so if you said “yes”, you are almost certainly lying (if only to yourself). The researchers suggest the link between swearing and honesty is that colourful language is generally used to express one’s genuine feelings.

TV maker unlawfully tracked viewing habits and sold the info TV maker Vizio has agreed to pay out $2.2m (£1.8m) in order to settle allegations it unlawfully collected viewing data on its customers. The US Federal Trade Commission said the company’s smart TV technology had captured data on what was being viewed on screen and transmitted it to the firm’s servers. The data was sold to third parties, the FTC said. The FTC said the data collection began in February 2014 and affected around 11 million televisions. "Vizio collected unique data from each household with a Vizio smart TV that included not only second-by-second viewing information, but also the household’s IP address, nearby access points, zip code, and other information.” "They also shared that information with other companies." It added: "This settlement stops Vizio’s unauthorised tracking, and makes clear that smart TV makers should get people’s consent before collecting and sharing television viewing information.” As part of the settlement Vizio agreed to more prominently tell its customers how data is stored and collected, and to seek firmer, clearer consent beforehand. The company has been ordered to delete the data it collected. Smart TVs - sets that have additional features such as on-demand viewing or video calling - have raised privacy concerns before. In 2015 it, emerged Samsung’s models were transmitting potentially sensitive voice data without users’ knowledge. How to make sure your Vizio smart TV is not spying on you While you could disconnect your TV from the Internet to prevent this, it is not the best solution. Cutting the Internet would mean you will not be able to use built-in apps like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Video. The better option is to just turn tracking off and still enjoy your TV's smart features. Which models are affected? For models sold before 2011, designated VIA (for Vizio Internet Apps), the company says tracking has been disabled already -- so no action is needed. But just to make sure, we've included instructions for those older TVs below as well. For TVs sold between 2011 and 2016, you will have to do it manually. And for TVs sold in 2016 as SmartCast displays, the tracking is not enabled. Disable tracking on older VIA TVs (up to 2011) As mentioned, Vizio already disabled tracking on TVs from 2011 and earlier, but you can do this just to make sure. Press the Menu button on the remote, open Settings, highlight Smart Interactivity and switch it to off. Disable tracking on newer VIA Plus TVs (2011-2016) To disable the Smart Interactivity feature on the models with the VIA Plus interface, press the Menu button on the remote to open Settings, select System, followed by Reset and Admin. Then scroll down to Smart Interactivity and switch it to off. You can now enjoy using your TV without having to worry about Big Brother watching over you. BBC

Amazon’s Rekognition learns to guess your age You know how old you are. You know how old your friends think you are. Heck, you even know how old Microsoft thinks you are. But at the end of the day, does anyone other than Amazon really matter? Until now, the only way for you to know how old Amazon thought you were was to look at products recommended to you. I apparently spent too much time researching sci-fi short stories yesterday because those and an Echo are all Amazon thinks I need in life — bingo, Amazon really gets that I’m a tech-obsessed millennial. But no longer will we have to rely on such passé techniques! The team behind Amazon’s Rekognition API dropped a nifty feature today that lets anyone upload their photos to get the company’s best guess of their age. Today happens to be my friend’s birthday, so I was curious how Amazon’s tool compared against Microsoft’s How-Old.net and human crowdsourcing. First up was Amazon — the web app pegged my friend at somewhere between 26 and 43. This was slightly disappointing, given that he is considerably younger than 26. Though props for the 99.9 percent, almost certainty, on gender and the addition of “appears” next to happy. I would have to fake the smile too if someone told me I looked 43. Despite Amazon’s blunder, they still did better than Microsoft at this game. Microsoft’s How-Old.net tool guessed my friend to be 30. Ouch. Team human did the best out of all three. After crowdsourcing amongst a random group of people, the consensus was that the man in the picture was 22 and a half. Still older than reality, but only by six months. Just in case it was the specific photo I was using throwing everything off, I decided to re-run everything using a well-lit photo of myself. Unfortunately, the same thing happened. This time Microsoft said I was 27, which I guess is younger than my friend was. techcrunch com Try out for yourself here: http://how-old.net/ Please feel free to share your results below.

52 Facts You Should Know About Your Amazing Human Body 3 to 5 lbs of your body is made up of bacteria. Between 100 million to 1 billion bacteria can grow on each tooth. A condition called synaesthesia can cause senses to overlap. In other words, some people can taste words or hear colours. A full head of human hair is strong enough to support 12 tonnes. A single human sperm contains the 37.5mb of male DNA required to create a human child. That means an average ejaculation sees the transfer of 1,500 terabytes of information. Along with the five traditional senses of sound, sight, touch, smell and taste, humans have 15 “other senses." These include balance, temperature, pain and time as well as internal senses for suffocation, thirst, and fullness. An adult is made up of 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (7-octillion) atoms. For perspective, there is a 'measly' 300,000,000,000 (300 billion) stars in our galaxy. Around 90% of the cells that make humans are not “human" in origin. We are mostly fungi and bacteria. Cells in the inner lens of the eye, muscle cells of the heart, and the neurons of the cerebral cortex are the only cells that will be with you your entire life. Crying alleviates stress and allows humans to decrease feelings of anger and sadness. It physically does help to let it out. For every pound of fat or muscle gained, your body creates seven miles of new blood vessels. Human bone is as strong as granite. A block of bone the size of a matchbox could support nine tonnes of weight. Human decomposition begins around 4 minutes after death, a process known as ‘self-digestion’ where your enzymes and bacteria eat you away. Human fingers are so sensitive, that if your fingers were the size of Earth, you could feel the difference between a house and a car. Humans are bioluminescent and glow in the dark. The light that we emit is 1,000 times weaker than our human eyes are able to pick up. Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas. Humans shed 40 pounds of skin in their lifetime, completely replacing their outer skin every month. If all the DNA in your body were uncoiled, it would stretch out to about 10 billion miles, which is from Earth to Pluto and back. If the human brain were a computer, it could perform 38 thousand-trillion operations per second. The world's most powerful supercomputer, BlueGene, can manage only .002% of that. If you stretched out the 300,000,000 capillaries in your lungs end to end, the line would extend from Seattle to San Diego, or about 1,300 miles. If you were to spread out all the wrinkles in your brain, it would be about the size of a pillowcase. In 30 minutes, the human body gives off enough heat to bring a gallon of water to the boil In one day, your blood travels 12,000 miles around your body. That is four times the distance across the US from coast-to-coast. In terms of compression strength, the femur bone of a person weighing 83kg with US size 11 feet could withstand the weight of 16,000 people standing on it at one time. Inside your belly button are thousands of bacteria that form an ecosystem the size of an entire rainforest. Loneliness is physically painful. Just as you have a drive to avoid physical pain, you have a similarly powerful drive to connect with others and seek companionship - in order to avoid the pain of loneliness. Laughter is therapeutic: Watching a funny movie for even 15 minutes can increase your blood flow. Remember to laugh every day—it can keep your heart happy and healthy. Nerve impulses travel to and from the brain at speeds of up to 250 miles per hour, faster than a Formula 1 race car. Our brain's connected neurons look similar to the structure of the universe. In a way, our brains are modelled after the universe. Our muscles are actually incredibly more powerful than they appear to be. Human strength is limited to protect our tendons and muscles from harming themselves. This limitation can be removed during an adrenaline rush, during which some people have lifted boulders or even cars off themselves. Some women see more colours than everyone else does. Most people have three types of colour receptors to see colour vision, while some women have four or even five of these receptors and can see a wider range of colours. Stomach acid can dissolve metal. The skin releases as much as three gallons of sweat a day in hot weather. The areas that do not sweat are the nail bed, the margins of the lips, the tip of the penis, and the eardrums. The atoms that make up your human body today are same atoms that formed during the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago. The focusing muscles in your eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 50 miles. The human brain can read up to 1,000 words per minute. The human brain uses 20% of the entire body's oxygen and calorie intake, despite only accounting for about 2% of an adult's body mass. The human eye is so sensitive that if the Earth were flat, you could spot a candle flickering at night from up to 30 miles away. The need to breathe so much is due to carbon dioxide buildup more than the need for oxygen. If there was a different way to get rid of carbon dioxide from the blood, we would only need to breathe at a rate of about once per minute. There are 37 trillion cells in your body. We have the same amount of hairs on our body as a chimpanzee. Most are useless and so fine that they are invisible. We humans are the best long-distance runners on the planet. Better than any four-legged animal. In fact, thousands of years ago we used to run after our prey until they died of exhaustion. When in love, the human brain releases the same cocktail of neurotransmitters and hormones that are released by amphetamines. This leads to increased heart rate, loss of appetite and sleep, and intense feelings of excitement. When you blush, the lining of your stomach blushes too. With the 60,000 miles of blood vessels inside the average human body, you could circumnavigate Earth two and a half times. Without your pinky finger, you would lose 50% of your hand’s strength. You can see ultraviolet light; the ability is just filtered out by the eye's lens. Some people have undergone surgery to remove the lenses and can detect ultraviolet light. You spend 10 per cent of the day blinking. Your body produces 25 million new cells each second. Every 13 seconds, you produce more cells than there are people in the United States. Your heart beats 100,000 times per day, pumping 5.5 litres per minute, which adds up to about 3 million litres of blood a year. Your nose can differentiate between 1 trillion different smells. Your skin’s outer layer sheds every 2-4 weeks, amounting to roughly 0.7 kg of dead skin in a year. You are a little richer than you might think. Inside all of us is around 0.2 milligrams of gold, most of which is in our blood Sadly, you'd need the blood of around 40,000 people to collect enough gold to make one 8g coin.

Former top Olympic gymnast Olga Korbut sells off medals Olga Korbut, the Soviet gymnast who charmed the world at the 1972 Munich Olympics, has sold her medal haul and other trophies in a US auction. The sale of seven lots - including two golds and a silver from the Munich Games - fetched $183,300 (£147,000) for Korbut. The most expensive item was her team gold ($66,000). One of Korbut's gold medals from 1972 Born in Belarus, she moved to the US in 1991. Now 61, she lives in Arizona. Russia's Gazeta.ru news reports that she has had financial difficulties. "Medals saved Korbut from hunger." Today, aged 61, Korbut lives a quiet life in Arizona Heritage Auctions, organiser of the sale, says "there is hardly a gymnast alive who doesn't credit this tiny force of nature for the explosion of the sport's popularity on a global level". The sale items included one of her performance leotards, her 1972 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, various Soviet medals and a sports magazine cover signed by her. The Korbut Flip was a spectacular trick that she performed on the asymmetric bars - a trick now banned from the Olympics as it is considered too dangerous. The flip can be seen on YouTube - it begins with a somersault on the top bar: http://youtu.be/c2NGqI6FqeQ

Alarming! Beer Facts Beer contains female hormones! Yes, that’s right, FEMALE hormones! Last month, Montreal University and scientists released the results of a recent analysis that revealed the presence of female hormones in beer. Men should take a concerned look at their beer consumption. The theory is that beer contains female hormones (hops contain Phytoestrogens) and that by drinking enough beer, men turn into women. To test the theory, 100 men each drank 8 pint of beer within a one (1) hour period. It was then observed that 100% of the test subjects, yes, 100% of all these men: 1) Argued over nothing. 2) Refused to apologize when obviously wrong. 3) Gained weight. 4) Talked excessively without making sense. 5) Became overly emotional 6) Couldn’t drive. 7) Failed to think rationally. 8) And, had to sit down while urinating. No further testing was considered necessary! Alert the men you know and warn them about drinking too much beer!