Call My Bluff
Adrian v Everybody Else: Round 10
Adrian told a story about how he claimed to have collected 678 recordings of concerts by an American jamband called The Grateful Dead. There were quite a lot of questions and slightly more than half of the U202 Crew decided that Adrian was lying. However, regardless of how embarrassing it is for Adrian to have such a strange obsession, the story was in fact true! Adrian picked up 17 points and 'Everybody Else' 14 points: 161-138.Wednesday, February 07, 2007
U.S. NEWS REPORTS...
ORLANDO, Fla. — A NASA astronaut accused of trying to kidnap a romantic rival for a space shuttle pilot's affections was charged with attempted first-degree murder Tuesday as her lawyer sparred with prosecutors to effort her release.
Lisa Marie Nowak was ordered released on $10,000 bail and told to wear an ankle tracking device. That is in addition to the $15,500 bail that was ordered for Nowak earlier in the day for the attemped kidnapping charges.
"The intent was there to do serious bodily injury or death," Orlando Police Sgt. Barb Jones, referring to a new steel mallet, knife, rubber tubing and large garbage bags that police found in Nowak's possession.
Police said Nowak drove 900 miles, donned a disguise and was armed with a BB gun and pepper spray when she confronted a woman she believed was a competitor for the affections of Navy Cmdr. William Oefelein, an unmarried fellow astronaut.
Oefelein, 41, piloted the space shuttle Discovery in December. He and Nowak trained together but never flew a mission together.
Nowak told police that her relationship with Oefelein was "more than a working relationship but less than a romantic relationship," according to an arrest affidavit. Inside Nowak's vehicle, which was parked at a nearby motel, authorities found a pepper spray package, an unused BB-gun cartridge, latex gloves and e-mails between Oefelein and Colleen Shipman.
According to authorities, Nowak believed Shipman was romantically involved with Oefelein, and when she found out Shipman was flying to Orlando from Houston, she decided to confront her early Monday, according to the arrest affidavit.
Nowak raced from Houston to Orlando wearing diapers in the car so she wouldn't have to stop to go to the bathroom, authorities said. Astronauts wear diapers during launch and re-entry.
Dressed in a wig and a trench coat, she waited for Shipman's plane to land and then boarded the same airport shuttle bus Shipman took to get to her car, police said. Shipman told police she noticed someone following her, hurried inside the car and locked the doors, according to the arrest affidavit.
Nowak rapped on the window, tried to open the car door and asked for a ride. Shipman refused but rolled down the car window a few inches when Nowak started crying, the statement said. Nowak then sprayed a chemical into Shipman's car, the affidavit said. Shipman drove to the parking lot booth and police were called.
According to NASA's official biography, Nowak is a Naval Academy graduate who has a master's degree in aeronautical engineering. She has a teenage son and younger twin girls.
Oefelein has two children and began his aviation career as a teenager flying floatplanes in Alaska, according to a NASA biography. He studied electrical engineering at Oregon State University and later earned a master's degree in aviation systems at the University of Tennessee Space Institute. He has been an astronaut since 1998.
Call My Bluff
Peer Group Pressure: Round 16 - Nia
Nila told a story about how she split up with her boyfriend and when he said bad things about her, she beat him up with punch after punch and also by throwing things at him. There was something about the passion and energy of Nia's storytelling that made her peers think she was telling the truth! And - of course - she was! As a result - despite her very entertaining story - she only scored 8 points while 22 of her classmates picked up 1 point each.
Call My Bluff
Peer Group Pressure: Round 17 - Rian
Rian told a story about how he reckons he experienced bad karma – for annoying his friend with a practical joke using a padlock - when he had to cut a padlock when he found himself locked into his friend's house and the people with the key (his friend's parents) were away in Jakarta. Rian's story was true and 18 of his U202 friends thought so too. Therefore he only collected 12 points for his story.
CURRENT CALL MY BLUFF LEADERBOARD:
ELWIN.....38
RENDY.....31
UCEN......31
LUTFI.....30
RIFKI.....29
TENI......27
ALICE.....25
SANJUNG...25
SHAFA.....25
MARWAH....21
FEBRINA...18
RIAN......18
DILA......18
REZAA.....15
EGA.......15
NIA.......14
IRKA......12
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