The Second Geekiest Graduate …is still a KIWI!!!
Apparently New Zealand troops were waiting for extraction by helicopter in Iraq that never came. They later learnt the choopers were being used overtime for this show:
Air Force helicopters were used to transport contestants on reality-TV show Survivor for free.
The flights happened on the Samoan island of Upolu last year, when an all-star version of the show was being filmed.
The air force says the flights were part of a month-long training exercise aimed at helping pilots fly in tropical conditions.
Defence Minister Wayne Mapp supports the decision.
The episode featuring footage of contestants on four Iroquois helicopters was shown on Thursday night on New Zealand television.
Air force spokesman Squadron Leader Kavae Tamariki said the show had requested through the Samoan Government to use the helicopters. “They wanted something dramatic.”
The air force was in Samoa at the time on an annual exercise called Tropic Astra, which ran from July 29 to August 31 last year, he said. The main purpose of the exercise was to train pilots how to fly in the tropics. “The helicopters don’t perform as well in the heat.”
The air force spent time helping the Samoan Government with tasks, but the Survivor request also fulfilled its training requirements, Squadron Leader Tamariki said.
He estimated the flights, which took the contestants from one side of Upolu to the other, had taken 10 to 12 minutes. No payment had been asked for or given for the flights.
“The value for us was in the training … It’s just like in New Zealand when we fly into small towns around the country.”
The show had taken some awesome footage of the helicopters, he said. Air force personnel had been keen to help with the request.
Dr Mapp said he supported the decision to fly the Survivor contestants. He was unconcerned no money had been paid. “The air force supported the Survivor programme within allocated tasking hours for Exercise Tropic Astra.”
Samoa had deemed Survivor important for tourism, Dr Mapp said.
Courage Wolf is another weird internet meme that doesn’t have any good things to say about women or ethnicities. But it still makes people laugh for some reason. Randomly hardcore or GTFO says the leader of the pack:
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Before fame, many actors find work filming commercials; here are a few of the funniest:
Damn it, I thought people dug my Werewolf/Jesus look… This is a chart used to determine how trustworthy a particular beard/mustache is:
Isn’t she a little short for a storm trooper? Manja Pieters, 36, is one of 1360 Canterbury University students to graduate this week. She paraded through central Christchurch in costume yesterday before receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, majoring in film:
A fine arts graduate produced a Hollywood finish to her university studies, dressing as a Star Wars stormtrooper to “go out with a bang”.
Manja Pieters, 36, is one of 1360 Canterbury University students to graduate this week, and she paraded through central Christchurch in the costume yesterday before receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, majoring in film.
“I have graduated a few times before and I thought, `This is my final time – I’m going to go out with a bang’,” she said.
“I also wanted to bring a few smiles to people’s faces. It’s been tough, with the recession and redundancies.”
Pieters said she grew up with movies such as Star Wars and directors like George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, who inspired her to study film.
“It’s really a salute to the people who have supported me. They know I have a sense of humour,” she said.
Pieters, who had to remove her helmet to be capped, said some people appeared intimidated by the outfit, but “I’m short so I’m not that imposing”.
Pieters is a student adviser at the College of Education.
Engineering, humanities, social science and creative arts students graduated yesterday, while students in science and education will be capped tomorrow morning, followed by law and commerce students in the afternoon.
Tim Gunn, fashion critic and “star” of reality TV show Project Runway, doesn’t just give his two cent’s worth on real people’s clothes, he’s got some harsh words for superheroes as well:
Check out these amazing lightning-laced photographs of the volcano Eyjafjallajokull currently erupting in Iceland. Scientists aren’t sure why electrical discharges are visible during some volcanic eruptions, but:
One theory is that that the spewing magma bubbles or particles of volcanic ash are themselves electrically charged, and by their motion create separately charged areas.
As ash from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano continued to keep European airspace shut down over the weekend, affecting millions of travelers around the world, some government agencies and airlines clashed over the flight bans.
Some restricted airspace is now beginning to open up and some limited flights are being allowed now as airlines are pushing for the ability to judge safety conditions for themselves.
The volcano continues to rumble and hurl ash skyward, if at a slightly diminished rate now, as the dispersing ash plume has dropped closer to the ground, and the World Health Organization has issued a health warning to Europeans with respiratory conditions. Collected here are some images from Iceland over the past few days.
Hands down the best free marketing Iron Man 2 could have asked for:
…because fuck Hugh Grant, that’s why.
Regardless, SpongeBob Squarepants is always cool in my books:
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