Nice Gesture-President offered sex to veto Germany’s nuclear reactors

BERLIN - German writer Charlotte Roche offered in an interview Sunday to spend the night with President Christian Wulff if he votes against government plans to extend the lifetime of Germany's nuclear reactors. "I am offering to sleep with him if he does not sign," the 32-year-old anti-nuclear activist told the weekly Der Spiegel.

"My husband agrees. Now it is up to the First Lady to give her consent," she said. "I am tattooed." Roche, British-born author of the sexually explicit 2008 bestseller "Wetlands", took part in major demonstrations last week against the transport of radioactive waste that underlined unease in Germany over nuclear power.

Wulff has to decide this year if a law prolonging the lifetime of the country's 17 nuclear reactors by up to 14 years should be enacted without the consent of the Bundesrat, the upper chamber of parliament that represents the regions.

The hotly disputed plans were approved by cabinet in September and will postpone by more than a decade to around 2035 the date when Europe's biggest economy abandons nuclear power.

 

Intelligent- Vending machine recommends drinks

A new Japanese canned drink vending machine uses facial recognition technology to “recommend” drinks based on the customer’s age and gender — and sales have tripled over those from regular vending machines as a result. The machines, developed by JR East Water Business Co, a subsidiary of railway firm JR East Co (9020.T); use large touch-panel screens with sensors that allow the machine to determine the characteristics of an approaching customer.” Recommended” labels will then appear on specific drink products. Suggested products may also change depending on the temperature and time of day.” If the customer is a man, the machine is likely to recommend a canned coffee drink, since men tend to prefer these. If the customer is in their 50s, though, that recommendation is likely to be green tea,” a company spokeswoman said. A woman in her 20s will be recommended a tea drink or slightly sweeter product, since market research has shown that they prefer these.” We thought it would make it a lot more fun for the customers to have this kind of interaction with our machines, that it would improve the whole buying experience,” she added.

The company has so far tested one machine at one Tokyo train station but plans to add five machines on Tuesday at central Tokyo Station, with the network to be expanded to other major Tokyo stations and nearby suburban areas by early in 2011.Some 500 of the machines should be available in Tokyo and surrounding areas by March 2012.

Nice way To make money-Law School 'duped' into letting Diesel shoot steamy lingerie scenes in library

BROOKLYN Law School rented its library to clothing company Diesel expecting a tasteful photo shoot for a jeans ad, but officials were shocked when they saw the end product. The New York Post reported students and staff were shocked to learn the shoot was in fact a steamy display of young models in skimpy lingerie among the school’s books and computers.” It’s gross. I work on those computers every day!" fumed a female student, referring to a shot showing two women wearing just bras and panties climbing over the machines toward an older man. Red-faced school officials said they were duped by Diesel.” We are as shocked and mortified as you must be by these photographs," interim dean Michael Gerber wrote in an email Friday to students, faculty and staff.

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