Here’s the link to the winners of the 2014 Ig Nobel Prizes. The areas covered include banana peels, cats, baby crap, staying up late, and a sadistic way of determining if a painting is good.

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The Scots voted NO to independence:

Alex Salmond is to step down as Scottish first minister after voters rejected independence.

He will also resign as leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), which he has led for a total of 20 years.

Scottish voters backed the country staying in the UK by 2,001,926 votes to 1,617,989 in Thursday’s referendum.

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So I added two apps that Apple recommended as ‘essential’ for the iPad and iOS8 yesterday … and had to update both today to fix bugs.

Position: 39.5N 37.5W [ 4PM CDT 2100 UTC].
Movement: East [090°] near 7 mph [11 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph [ 65 kph].
Wind Gusts: 55 mph [ 90 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 115 miles [185 km].
Minimum central pressure: 998mb ↑.

Currently about 475 miles [ 765 km] West of Fayal Island in the Azores.

The system has lost its tropical characteristics. This is the final NHC advisory.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

[For the latest information click on the storm symbol, or go to the CATEGORIES drop-down box below the CALENDAR and select “Hurricanes” for all of the posts related to storms on this site.]

It’ll be double rations of grog all around in the galley as ye throw the pasta and pesto down your gullet for the final day of Pasta Week, on Talk Like a Pirate Day.
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Belay that! ‘T’would be better done by swilling lambrusco directly from the flask!
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Chillin’

He’s back, Mom…

[Editor: Ms Underhouse and the kit steal my chair for a siesta.

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