Top five weird, funny and sizzling world’s news of this week
Why man steal 12,000 kg of cheese?
SAINT-GUILLAUME, Que. - A Quebec man's plan for a big cheese heist didn't turn out so gouda. An employee at the cheese store in Saint-Guillaume, Que., located about 100 km northeast of Montreal, is accused of stealing 12,000 kilograms of cheese.After attempting three small thefts in December and January, police say the man went for the big score, loading a semi-trailer with 20 pallets of mostly cheddar and mozzarella that needed to be
cut and packaged.The cheese was valued at $185,000.Patrick Westcott, 48, has been charged. An Jodoin, who owns the Frommagerie in Victoriaville, Que., 85 km east of Saint-Guillame, says he suspects the robbery was committed by members of "the cheese mafia."According to Jodoin, competition in the cheese world is so fierce that vendors will do anything to keep their market share.Another cheesehead, Jean Morin, called the cheese store in Saint-Guillame "a big cheese among the small," and that the cheese war centres on mozzarella and cheddar.
cut and packaged.The cheese was valued at $185,000.Patrick Westcott, 48, has been charged. An Jodoin, who owns the Frommagerie in Victoriaville, Que., 85 km east of Saint-Guillame, says he suspects the robbery was committed by members of "the cheese mafia."According to Jodoin, competition in the cheese world is so fierce that vendors will do anything to keep their market share.Another cheesehead, Jean Morin, called the cheese store in Saint-Guillame "a big cheese among the small," and that the cheese war centres on mozzarella and cheddar.
Get $40,000 in prizes to quit smoking
The government of Nunavut has a novel way to get people to quit smoking -- pay them.Nunavut will dole out up to $40,000 in cash and prizes to residents who quit smoking during the month of March as part of the second annual Time to Quit campaign."In Nunavut we know all too well the devastating health effects of tobacco use. I support and encourage fellow Nunavummiut to come together and sign up to quit tobacco this March," Nunavut Health Paul Okalik said in a release.The contest is a two-person challenge. Any smoker and their "quit buddy" can sign up at their community health centre, where they will be given a personal "quit kit" that includes a supply of nicotine replacement therapy.Those who are smoke-free by month's end will be eligible for one of four $5,000 grand prizes, six iPad Airs or six iTunes gift cards.A study published in the British Medical Journal just this year found that pregnant women were significantly more likely to quit smoking when offered financial incentives.
How a Wrong man buried in Georgia
ATLANTA - The wrong man was buried during a funeral in Georgia, where officials on Thursday sought a court order to exhume the grave after a mix-up by the state crime lab in Atlanta.Johnny Morgan Lowe was believed to have been buried in a Dec. 8 ceremony featuring a closed casket and a memorial photo, according to Coroner Susan Salemi in Burke County, Georgia. Instead, Salemi said she had to tell the family last week that they had buried a tranger.
"The family is absolutely devastated," said Salemi, who was asking a Georgia Superior Court to agree to exhume the grave site. "I have no idea how this happened, except that the crime lab called me and said that there was a mistake. “The state crime lab performed an autopsy on Lowe, who died after a fall.Buried in his place was Louie Caldwell of Clayton County, Georgia, the coroner said. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), which runs the lab, accepted responsibility for the error on Thursday and said it would pay to have Lowe properly buried.In an internal report dated Feb. 10 provided to Reuters by the GBI, the bureau said it still had the body of Lowe at its headquarters morgue and sought to explain the mix-up between body bags in its coolers.
New anti-ageing CHOCOLATE 'smooth’s wrinkles' and 'helps you look younger'
Cambridge Chocolate It almost seems to be good to be true. A new type of low-calorie chocolate which claims to help you stay looking younger has been developed by scientists. Academics from Cambridge University are launching the world's first ever 'beauty chocolate' which contains high levels of two powerful anti-oxidants. And they say one 7.5g piece of the Estechoc a day will help reverse the skin's natural ageing process. The dark chocolate, which has taken years to refine, is 70% cocoa and contains as many cocoa flavanols as a 100g piece of regular chocolate and as much astaxanthin as 300g of wild salmon. Both chemicals are said to help improve circulation and blood supply to the skin, which is considered essential for healthy, young looking skin.
Trials have been conducted by its makers, Cambridge based firm Lycotec, with researchers saying volunteers aged between 50 and 60 who saw visible benefits after just three weeks. Meanwhile, the snack contains just 38 calories making it much less fattening that regular chocolate bars, meaning it can be eaten virtually guilt-free and it is also safe for consumption by diabetics. Whether it will provide as much satisfaction as a traditional chocolate bar remains to be seen. However, it is set to hit the market and could become a real-life version of the magic potion which promises eternal youth in the 1992 film Death Becomes He
Bride dropped 10 dress sizes and marries second love – after her first husband labeled her 'fat and ugly'
A frumpy woman dropped a staggering 10 dress sizes in time for her second wedding – after her first husband had called her "fat and ugly”. Stunning Liz Kerslake might now be rocking an athletic eight and a half stone body but, only two years ago, she tipped the scales at a bloated 13 stone eight pounds. During her first marriage, Liz, a new home saleswoman from Plymouth, Devon, became comfortable and piled on the pounds. Having always been a bigger woman, the 39-year-old was initially spurred on to lose
weight when her husband told her she was "fat and ugly".After rigorous calorie-counting and successfully dropping four stone, she left her man behind, and during her divorce in 2008, met her second husband, Nick. As their relationship blossomed, 5ft 6in Liz stopped going to the gym and the weight piled on again
Anti-ageing chocolate reduces wrinkles, First husband labeled Fat bride dropped 10 dresses and merry 2nd love and Wrong man buried in Georgia
