SAN FRANCISCO BANS DEER FROM CROSSING GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE

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San Francisco, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – Daily commuters between San Francisco and cities in the North Bay have long complained about the traffic gridlock on the world-famous Golden Gate Bridge. Recent increases in bridge toll fees going southbound on Freeway 101 have done nothing to ease the congestion experienced by motorists. Many have complained that the Golden Gate Bridge Authority has been more concerned about erecting suicide barriers for people who want to die anyway than bringing relief to the thousands who cross the bridge daily to make a living to survive.

Finally, the bridge authority, with pressure from daily commuters, has instituted a measure to solve the traffic nightmare on the bridge. It has issued a directive banning deer from crossing the bridge during heavy commute time – from 6-9 am and 4-7 pm, Monday to Friday. Deer crossings have been identified as the main culprit for the traffic problems on the bridge.

Any deer caught crossing the bridge during these times will be cited and fined $500 for the first offense. Subsequent violations will carry a minimum jail time of 30 days.

Business, Health & Medicine, Technology

MICROSOFT, APPLE ENGAGE IN CONDOM WAR (PARENTAL GUIDANCE)

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Redmond, Washington (The Adobo Chronicles) – Microsoft’s Bill Gates has announced that his foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to a university in Australia to research and produce skin-like condoms as a way to encourage more people to have safer sex, thus reducing the incidence of HIV/AIDS and other sexually-transmitted diseases.

Gates said he understands that the overwhelming objection to the use of condoms is the fact that sex partners can’t feel the true sensation they otherwise would get from unprotected sex. The skin-like condoms are expected to be ultra thin while still being break-free.

Reacting to the news, Microsoft’s main competitor Apple said that it will purchase the skin-like condoms in bulk to use in the manufacture of its next generation iPhone and iPads. Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the skin-like condoms would make for effective and durable film for its iPhone and iPad screens. “They would make touch screen technology a true state-of-the-art while still affording mobile device users the ability to feel the natural sensation of the finger touch,” Cook said.

Religion

IRISH NUNS PRAY AND PLAY FOR ALS CURE

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Dublin, Ireland (The Adobo Chronicles) – There’s a different kind of Ice Bucket Challenge happening in Ireland. Men are pouring buckets of ice cold beer over their heads while nuns are praying for a cure for this neurodegenerative disease called ALS.

But wait, aren’t nuns entitled to some fun, too?

nuns3 The Redemptoristine Nuns of Dublin think so. While they continue to pray for divine intervention to help find a cure for Lou Gehrig’s disease, they also believe that prayer alone will not do the trick. So they participated in their own Ice Bucket Challenge in the Abbey courtyard, and boy, did they have some fun.

On their web site, they describe themselves as “an enclosed contemplative community of religious women. Our life is centered around the Liturgy of the Hours, the Eucharist, personal prayer and contemplation. We hold the needs of the world in our heart in prayer.”

We can therefore assume that this was a one-time-only activity for the nuns and that it’s not going to turn into a bad habit for them.

You can learn more about the Redemptoristine nuns and view their Ice Bucket Challenge video here.