In a bid to get rid of the growing number of Canada geese in the city park and the nuisance caused by the birds' droppings, officials in Monterey, California have launched an annual campaign which will call on residents to coat the eggs with vegetable oil, suffocating the embryo inside. The campaign is a part of the 5-year-old federal order aimed at ending the nesting which causes damage and contaminates the parks and private land.

Too lazy to get up from bed in the morning to make yourself a coffee? Now don't bother to do that as scientists have now invented Shower Shock, the world's first caffeinated soap that claims it will give you the same kind of kick as your morning cup of coffee. This vegetable-based glycerin soap from Think Geek claims to release caffeine that is absorbed into your body and provides the same hit as a couple of cups of coffee. The users blood pressure and pulse rate will increase, making his brain feel more alert and awake.

A careless error of a computer technician reformatting a disc drive at the Alaska Department of Revenue wiped out data containing $38 billion of state funds. With just one stroke on the computer keyboard, the computer technician, doing routine maintenance work, deleted information for applicants on the oil-funded account, one of Alaska residents biggest perks. Worst, the technician also mistakenly reformatted the back-up drive.

The artworks once discarded as dump by figurative British painter Francis Bacon are set to go on sale in April. According to Ewbank managers, the company arranging the auction, the 45-lot which include mutilated paintings, photographs, personal diaries and some letters, is a first of its type and could fetch more than an estimated $98,410. The collection was rescued by Mac Robertson, a former electrician and Bacon's friend. According to a Times Online report, Robertson claims that Bacon allowed him to keep the stuff after he became angry over some workmen who littered his studio's floor with debris.

The Park District officials in Chicago have joined hands with a La Grange-based agency to get rid of the growing number of Canada geese in the city. According to the officials, the messy water-birds have become a major nuisance factor in city parks and need volunteers from the public to help them balance their overgrowing population. To spread awareness and recruit volunteers to help with the mission, park officials are organizing a seminar on Saturday in which people will be educated about the details of geese habitats, their mating habits and life cycle. After the theory training, volunteers will be paired with employees of Wild Goose Chase as they hunt for the nests of the geese.