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Our Inaugural WTF Story: Police and Fire Crews Watch Man Drown

A suicidal man was seen entering the San Francisco Bay on Monday looking back periodically at the crowd that had formed to watch. He continued to wade in till the water was up to his neck and waited.  "The next thing he was floating face down" commented an onlooker "We expected to see at some point that there would be a concern for him".

The man was Fifty year old Raymond Zack who spent almost an hour in the water before drowning in front of an estimated crowd of 75 on lookers including Fire and Police personnel. His Stepmother who rushed to the scene fearing for his safety said she cannot  understand why no one attempted to save her stepson. "They were there two hours," Dolores Berry, 84, said about the emergency personnel. "Two long hours. There were kids playing and police and firefighters standing around. Nobody did a thing."

The first time I heard about this story I was sure it must have been some urban legend, something I would go to Snopes and find out had suckered in people for years. Surely there is no way a  crown of onlookers would just stand and watch a man drown for that long. Unfortunately I was wrong.

There are many local media reports of the incident and when asked about the incident the Alemeda Fire Department cited that due to budget cuts in 2009 Fire crews lacked the training and gear to enter the water. A coast guard boat was dispatched but the water was too shallow for the boat to enter. "The incident yesterday was deeply regrettable," D'Orazi said Tuesday. "But I can also see it from our firefighters' perspective. They're standing there wanting to do something, but they are handcuffed by policy at that point." The Alameda Police department commented via Lt Sean Lynch "He was engaged in a deliberate act of taking his own life," Lynch told the Mercury News. "We did not know whether he was violent, whether drugs were involved. It's not a situation of a typical rescue."

There was no word as to the dangers the water in this area may entail but I think that if the man was in the water for such a considerable amount of time that something could have been done.
Some good has come of this tragic event though. In a City Council hearing Tuesday the city said it would spend up to $40,000 to certify 16 firefighters in land-based water rescues.

William Shatner Receives Honorary Degree

Bones is no longer the only Doctor on the Enterprise after William Shatner today received his honorary doctorate of letters from his Alma Mater Mcgill University.

His acceptance speech was delivered in his distinctive style and produced many laughs from the audience of graduating arts students. He dispensed such advise as "Get up earlier in the morning! There's nothing you can't accomplish when standing on two feet. When you're lying down all you accomplish is some REM sleep, and working out your dream life." and"My talents didn't lie in the field of accounting. My father, who paid for my education, was not amused. "But my talents lay in trying to be funny and entertaining people. Although I didn't study that, per se — that's Latin, by the way — I got my education, complete, whole and useful, at McGill."

See the video here:

Want the opposite sex to find you sexually attractive? Guys, don't smile, and Ladies, do!

A new study released by the University of British Columbia investigated sexual attractiveness of the opposite genders. On a first impression, guys found smiling, happy women to be the most sexually attractive, and ranked proud, confident women as the least. For women, it was the complete opposite, as proud, moody men, ie. stereotypical bad boys, were found to be the most sexually attractive.

What I found particularly interesting, but not suprising, was that women gave lower ratings to men then vice versa. I would theorize that if an additional study was done correlating the amount of time a man spends grooming himself, versus a woman, the reason for lower rating would be evident. Typically, women spend a lot more time actually taking care of themselves, while guys tend to be less put together.

The synopsis of the study can be found HERE

Want to be more sexually attractive to a woman? You'll get +5 bonus points to sexual attractiveness for doing each of the following:

• Bathing daily. Yes, we DO notice when you don't.
• Style your hair, seriously, the rolled out of bed look only works if you're a surfer or asian dude who spend at least 30 minutes achieving the look.
• Use moisturizer at least a few times a week. We don't like looking at your flaky, rough skin, much less feeling it!
• Wear clothes that fit. +10 points to wearing a suit that's been custom tailored to fit you.
• Don't wear stained, ripped clothing. Or smelly clothing, though you'd assume that would be obvious.
• You don't have to get a manicure/pedicure, but at least clip and file your nails so they aren't jagged and gross.

Windows 8 Preview: The Interface (it’s all in the touch)

Microsoft  demonstrated today the new Windows 8 operating system for the first time. This upcoming version of Windows is designed to work on all kinds of devices from small to large screens to devices with or without a keyboard and mouse.  The new additions to the Windows OS comes without sacrificing backwards compatibility as they demonstrated the interface with new software and existing Windows 7 programs working together. Another addition is that Windows 8 apps will be able to use HTML5 and an integrated Javascript to deliver new and thus far unique experiences.

See below a preview of Windows 8!

Motorola To Release Dick Tracy Watch Phone

The site Pocketnow grabbed some images from a Motorola mobility site before it was promptly taken down. The site shows images of a new Dick Tracy like watch phone as well as the Xoom 2 tablet, Slimline, Zaha, Targa, and Pearl handsets. Motorola then contacted Pocketnow and asked them to remove the images but not before every other site got a copy of the images for their site! The images do not reveal any specs but it is only a matter of time before they come out as well.

The question remains though was this actually a slip up by Motorola or a method to get the products some viral exposure? Share your thoughts below.

iPhones "may" cause cancer...

The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer are claiming that iPhones may cause cancer. To be clear, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing and my statement that iPhones causes cancer is not the whole story. The truth, if we knew what the truth was, is a warning that any and all cell phones, Androids and Blackberry's included, "may" cause cancer...with "may" being the qualitative hook line and sinker.

Link to video here.

More to follow...