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Bottle of Jack Daniel's whiskey. Four bottles of champagne. Twelve packets of Monster Munch (pickled onion flavour). Puppy (nighttime only) Mariah Carey $3,000-a-night suite 4600 at Mandarin Oriental Hotel, New York. Cristal champagne. New lavatory seat, gold taps and French mineral water for bathing. Box of bendy straws. Attendant to dispose of used chewing gum. Tea service for eight. Specified brand of honey. Two air purifiers. Puppy. Kittens Jennifer Lopez White flowers. White tablecloths. White curtains. White candles. White couches. Low-watt light bulbs. Coffee to be stirred anticlockwise. Water prepared through multi-filter, reverse-osmosis system. Egyptian cotton sheets with thread count not less than 250. Personal chefs to prepare handmade ravioli.
Design team taps WKU student
A college senior from Western Kentucky has been selected to work on a global design project to create a wind-powered water purifier to benefit impoverished areas that lack electricity. Zach Pearl, who is studying mechanical engineering at Western Kentucky University, is part of the five-member team contributing to the project from around the world. "Something like this could possibly be used where there isn't a safe source of drinking water," Pearl said. "This could save lives." The research is still in early stages, he said, but the group is using computer-generated conceptual drawings to examine the possibility of harnessing wind power. It's not Pearl's first attempt to design a water purification system. Last year he was part of a team that created a water purification system powered by pedals on a bicycle.
JEFF WOLF: NASCAR deserves slap for decision at Fontana
When a driver runs afoul of NASCAR's laws, he is summoned to its rolling traffic court parked in the infield where one-sided justice often is handed down. When Casey Mears arrives at Las Vegas Motor Speedway today for Sprint Cup qualifying and practice, he should order NASCAR officials to his hauler and give them a dose of their judicial medicine. Mears could have been killed or seriously injured after NASCAR allowed racing to resume Sunday at the rain-plagued event in Fontana, Calif. On the 22nd lap, Mears drove over water on the track and slid into the outside guardwall before his car was turned on its side when hit by another driver, whose car burst into flames. Fortunately, neither driver was injured. .
David Jones denies corporate paedophillia claims
MARK COLVIN: There's a furious row between the retailer, David Jones, and the think-tank, the Australia Institute, over a report which accused big stores of "corporate paedophilia".
The Australia Institute paper accuses the makers of a number of advertising and marketing campaigns of "sexualising" children.
But several companies identified in the report have strenuously denied the charge. And the Australia Institute says David Jones has threatened to sue.
Kathryn Roberts reports.
KATHRYN ROBERTS: The standoff between retailers and the Australia Institute has escalated with the Institute's Executive Director Dr Clive Hamilton making this allegation.
CLIVE HAMILTON: David Jones rang me this morning demanding that the Institute remove all references to David Jones.
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