Martin Reid of Sabrevois, Quebec, was previously fined $1,000 for fishing with a license to remove fish from flooded fields of his farm in 1993. He is concerned he may be fined a second time up to $100,000. Each permit obtained only lasts 2 weeks. Reid explained. "I have to transport them so as not to damage them, by containers with water inside. If some of them die, I have to bury them." Canadian bureaucracy at its best.
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Vogue Italia's Cover with Plus-Size Models
Viva Italia! There has been a lot of controversy the past few years regarding the fashion industry exclusively using waif-like, anorexic-looking models. Interestingly, maybe 1% of the women on the planet are a size 0. Nonetheless, Vogue Italia published a stunning cover with three plus-size models (I loathe this term) of Tara Lynn, Candice Huffine and Robyn Lawley, who all look absolutely stunning.
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Ninety-Year-Old Tortoise Becomes Mother For First Time
A 90-year-old tortoise of the Dubbo Western Plains Zoo in Australia has given birth to a baby tortoise for the first time. The father could one of 2 tortoises in their 40s.
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Nighthawks of the Living Dead
Artist Alex Eylar's Lego interpretation of Boulevard of Broken Dreams with Lego.
Break Out
Clever cartoon on legal pad.
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4D Art Show
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Shape-Shifting Cuttlefish
Apparently, some cuttlefish can replicate the shape of objects around them for camouflage purposes.
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Cheerleader Booted for Refusing to Cheer for Rapist
A Texas cheerleader Hillaire was axed from the team when she refused to cheer for her date-rapist. She is trying to fundraise funds to fight her case. When she decided to come forward with her statement, high school officials at Texas’ Silsbee High School told her to keep quiet. When the case was taken to the appeals court, it was dismissed, and her family is now required to pay $45,000 to cover the school’s legal fees. Basketball player Rakheem Bolton pleaded to the charge of misdemeanor assault, and was allowed back on the basketball team. After she was kicked off the cheerleading team, she was publically branded a slut. The allowance of Rakeem Bolton to continue to play basketball with the full support of the high school, as well as the way the court system and high school officials have behaved in Texas, reinforces that an alleged sexual assaulter can get away with date-rape. Truly a sad tale indeed.
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Does the Internet Make Us Creepy?
A new opera titled Two Boys at the ENO London Coliseum, highlights the Internet culture (or lack there of) developing online. Social networking (Facebook, Twitter) is watering-down communication style to low levels. “Do you want to be my friend? Can I poke you? What’s your comment?”
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Mind Your Step
Milk Crate Sea Dragon
Woman sues ex-fiance after being impaled on fence while urinating from his veranda
An Australian woman is suing her ex-fiance after impaling herself from falling from an unsecured veranda. The woman has sustained extensive injuries to her urinary system, as well as her lower abdominal and pelvic regions. She claims she was urinating off the veranda that was not secure nor appropriately lit.
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Listening to: Swing Out Sister - Breakout
