"Come back to JAIL" "NO, guy."

CINCINNATI -- Some nonviolent offenders told to come back later when the jails around Cincinnati have room for them aren't returning.

The deferrals are the result of budget cuts that led to layoffs at the Hamilton County Sheriff's office and forced closure of the county's second-largest jail.

About 23 of the 90 people told to check in with jailers in Cincinnati over the past month to see if they could start their sentences didn't call in. SHOCK!

Sheriff's officials said there will be no concentrated effort to find them because there aren't enough officers.

SHOCK and AWE: Aliens AREN'T Real!!!

As absolutely everyone expected, the faceless aliens that have been seen out and about all over England the last few weeks are....wait for it....an advertising stunt.

Which company is behind the genius gorilla campaign that took on Wimbledon, Harrod's, Elton John's Ball and a variety of other high profile events and locations?

The always affordable LOTUS Eagle. Comes out July 21. Perhaps the car will be making its first global appearance at the British International Motor Show 2 days later.
Whenever the release date is, it's genius marketing. Sad that the media falls into it every time, but genius to take advantage.

The funniest in all of this is that even though it was clearly a marketing stunt to most from the start, some bloggers wasted their time speculating that b/c hte events were so high profile, it must be famous stars sick of being watched by paparazzi.
...right....
a more fair guess was that it was the BBC's stunt, for the Dr. Who finale. They are replacing the doc, but haven't announced the new Who.

"We're staying schtum on this one," said a Lotus spokesperson.
All the confirmation I need.

Rock stars more likely to die prematurely

LONDON (Reuters) - Rock stars -- notorious for their "crash and burn" lifestyles -- really are more likely than other people to die before reaching old age.
A study of more than 1,000 mainly British and North American artists, spanning the era from Elvis Presley to rapper Eminem, found they were two to three times more likely to suffer a premature death than the general population. [Why are we waiting money on these ridiculous studies, to prove things that everyone already knows?].

As well as Presley, the toll of those dying before their time included Doors singer Jim Morrison, guitar hero Jimi Hendrix, T Rex star Marc Bolan and Nirvana's Kurt Cobain.
More than a quarter of all the deaths were related to drugs or alcohol abuse, said the study in the Journal of Epidemial Community Health. [That's it? Only a quarter?]

"The paper clearly describes a population of rock and pop stars who are at a disproportionate risk of alcohol and drug related deaths," said Mark Bellis, lead author of the study.
He said the study raised questions about the suitability of using rock stars for public health messages such as anti-drug campaigns when their own lifestyle was so dangerous.

"In the music industry, factors such as stress, changes from popularity to obscurity, and exposure to environments where alcohol and drugs are easily available, can all contribute to substance use as well as other self-destructive behaviours," the report said.

FIRST FIVE YEARS RISK
It found that musicians were most at risk in the first five years after achieving fame, with death rates more than three times higher than normal.

Hendrix, Bon Scott of AC/DC and punk rocker Sid Vicious all died within five years of hitting the big time, said Bellis.
Among British artists the risk of dying remains high until around 25 years after their first success, when they return to near normal life expectancy.

But this trend was not found in North America, where ageing rockers remain almost twice as likely to suffer a premature demise, particularly from heart attack or stroke.
American stars Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys and Johnny Ramone of the Ramones all died in their 50s.

Bellis suggested that the high death rate among older American musicians could be related to the continent's greater appetite for reunion tours, exposing the artists for more years to an unhealthy "rock'n'roll" lifestyle. [AKA needing more money for their drug habits]