6 months agoPoor Planksmanship of the Day: A wiser fella than myself once said, “sometimes you plank the stove, sometimes the stove, well, it planks you.”
[thd.]
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End Of An Era of the Day: The first and last editions of the British tabloid News of the World, which ends its 168-year run tomorrow.
The paper’s final farewell to readers has been posted on its website; some of the paper’s more memorable front pages can be seen here.
You can receive a free souvenir copy of both editions by filling out this form and sending it to Souvenir Edition, PO Box 121, Kettering, Northants, NN14 4ZQ, UK.
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6 months agoEnd Of An Era of the Day: The first and last editions of the British tabloid News of the World, which ends its 168-year run tomorrow.
The paper’s final farewell to readers has been posted on its website; some of the paper’s more memorable front pages can be seen here.
You can receive a free souvenir copy of both editions by filling out this form and sending it to Souvenir Edition, PO Box 121, Kettering, Northants, NN14 4ZQ, UK.
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Oh my! Such passion, so extreme …
6 months agoFighting For The Poor of the Day: The mayor of Davao City, Philippines, has taken a five-day leave of absence after punching sheriff Abe Andres in the face for refusing to postpone the court-ordered demolition of a shanty town where some 217 families reside.
Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, whose city is still reeling from a deadly flashflood, had requested a two-hour delay to allow her to finish relief work for the needy families, but the demolition went ahead as scheduled. Upon confronting Andres, Duterte-Carpio lost her cool, striking the sheriff several times in sight of TV cameras.
Some in the Philippine Senate, including Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, believe Duterte-Carpio should be sanctioned for her actions, defending the sheriff as having no choice but to carry out the court order or risk being held in contempt. Others have expressed support for the mayor, saying her efforts to safeguard the poor were commendable. For her part, Duterte-Carpio called the incident “unfortunate” and “not my best moment.”
An investigation into possible charges is ongoing.
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BAMF of the Day: A 31-year-old woman identified by Chinese state media as Wu Juping is credited with catching a two-year-old girl who fell from her family’s 10th-floor apartment.
Niu Niu, who was alone in the apartment after her grandmother left her unattended to run an errand, reportedly climbed onto the apartment window, where she dangled for several minutes.
Spotting the imperiled toddler, Wu “kicked off her high-heeled shoes” and dashed toward the scene. “It was so urgent,” Wu told CCTV. “I saw her when she was about to fall and rushed there, and after tens of seconds she fell off.” Wu, a mother herself, caught the child, but the impact caused her to tumble and break her arm.
According to CCTV and Xinhua, Niu Niu was taken to the hospital where she is currently listed in critical condition.
Above: “Wu Juping smiles at her own son in a ward of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Bone Fracture Hospital at Fuyang.”
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6 months agoBAMF of the Day: A 31-year-old woman identified by Chinese state media as Wu Juping is credited with catching a two-year-old girl who fell from her family’s 10th-floor apartment.
Niu Niu, who was alone in the apartment after her grandmother left her unattended to run an errand, reportedly climbed onto the apartment window, where she dangled for several minutes.
Spotting the imperiled toddler, Wu “kicked off her high-heeled shoes” and dashed toward the scene. “It was so urgent,” Wu told CCTV. “I saw her when she was about to fall and rushed there, and after tens of seconds she fell off.” Wu, a mother herself, caught the child, but the impact caused her to tumble and break her arm.
According to CCTV and Xinhua, Niu Niu was taken to the hospital where she is currently listed in critical condition.
Above: “Wu Juping smiles at her own son in a ward of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Bone Fracture Hospital at Fuyang.”
“Think Bigger: 3 billion dollar theft gets man 40 months, 100 dollar theft gets another 15 years.” - @JPBarlow
Once again from ross’s twitter.
(via schrutebucks)
7 months ago
Stevie Koerner recently discovered that Urban Outfitters had begun selling a near one-to-one replica of her “United States of Love” necklace line — the same line that allowed her to quit her day job to pursue her jewelry-making dream full-time. “My heart sank a little bit,” she writes on her blog. “They even stole the item name as well as some of my copy.”
This wouldn’t be a first for Urban Outfitters: Similar claims of jewelry jacking have been brought against the national retailer for years. “I understand that they are a business,” Stevie says, “but it’s not cool to completely rip off an independent designer’s work.”
She notes that she’ll no longer shop at Urban Outfitters or its sister brands, and will instead “do my best from here on out to support independent designers & artists.”
Sunset at Ao Nang Beach, Krabi
9 months ago
