Hitting The G-Spot

Gee! Is this for real?!! Ja!
German liquor company G-Spirits has recently released a limited edition line of vodka, rum and whiskey... that're poured down the generous chests of top models before being bottled. No, this isn't just a clever marketing gag, these are real premium products - with premium prices!
Whatever you mix with your alcohol, it can’t possibly be as hot as whiskey that's been poured on the chest of Alexa Varga, Hungary's 2012 Playmate of the Year. And she’s just one of three gorgeous models used to make the unique drinks.
It's not clear how the company manages to actually bottle the drinks after they've cascaded down the women's bodies and dripped off their twinkletoes...but I suspect the men in the target market don't really care. And a bottle will only set you back $150 – $180, depending on the spirit!
Looks like the Tui Girls have competition!

Sayonara, Shadbolt House

Goodbye to Lyttelton's old Port Company building.
Shadbolt House is to be demolished this month after engineers found it too damaged to be repaired.
The high rise on Norwich Quay, owned by Independent Fisheries since the 1990s, has been vacant since being badly damaged in the Feb.22nd.2011 EQ. The company had considered repairing it, but found the strengthening needed to bring it up to the building code uneconomic, because of its age: the landmark building was built in the early 1960s. It survived the Sept.2010 EQ and was home to the company's fleet operation, a NZ Customs office, radio station Volcano Radio and two serviced apartments, until the Feb.2011 quake proved the final straw.
Demolition will take about a month. The company plans to rebuild on the site, possibly a commercial or retail development, but nothing's been decided at this stage.
Shadbolt House is the latest of several
buildings in Lyttelton to be demolished, post-EQ. The company also owned the Royal Hotel and the Lyttelton Hotel buildings (both on Norwich Quay), which had to be demolished. The fate of the Port Company building beside the Lyttelton Tunnel has yet to be determined, but it still sits unoccupied by the tunnel entrance...

Japan's Final Charge?

Japan has confirmed it will go whaling in the Antarctic this summer.
Following news that its ageing factory ship Nisshin Maru needs major work to extend its life for another 10yrs (many hoped this may mean NO whaling this Southern summer season), the whalers are now seeking government funding to do the overhaul.
The Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ) wants an immediate refit of the world's only factory whaling ship, so it can again sail in November: the official in charge of whaling, Tatsuya Nakaoku, says there's no way Japan will miss it.
But it'll face the largest anti-whaling fleet yet mounted. Sea Shepherd will send 120 crew aboard four ships, with two helicopters and four aerial drones.
A govt committee is considering whether to subsidise the whaling programme under a broad fisheries assistance scheme. Last year the whalers scored $28.5m in a tsunami relief mini-budget, in addition to their usual $13m base subsidy. Respected Japanese newspaper Asahi reports this year the Ministry of Finance is against any increase in the base subsidy. But the FAJ is examining options under the Profitable Fishery Foundation Support scheme as it seeks to achieve energy and cost savings. Once again, it's manipulating loopholes - this time in its own country's laws! - to exploit the whales. The refit, if approved, could take several months. Nisshin Maru usually leaves for the Antarctic in mid-November with its whale chasers and resupply ship, so time is very tight.
Junichi Sato, Greenpeace Japan executive director, 'talks the talk': "Every year this industry sinks further into unmanageable debt and the mountain of whale meat in frozen storage increases. We repeat our call for an end to this senseless hunt."
But Sea Shepherd - which actually 'walks the walk' - says Japan has always had every intention of returning to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. It claims sources in Japan have reported the whaling fleet is merely trying to discourage SS from sending its vessels, a weak fruitless ploy. Signs suggest the whalers will not be able to survive another season of losses if SS obstructs their operations one more time. Watson (still in hiding): "SS now has a larger and better equipped fleet than the whalers do. They will not only lose tens of millions of dollars in the upcoming season, but they'll be quite humiliated, so it really is in their best interest to not return."