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LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – “A skateboarder using an electronic device didn’t get to the other side of the road.
Witnesses and the driver told police that a male on the skateboard was looking down at an electronic device when he was crossing the street outside the crosswalk.
Bobby-Joe Takes choice two from the saying "Skate or Die".
They say the driver tried to stop his vehicle, but couldn’t avoid colliding with the skateboarder.
Austin John Lawrence, 18, is charged under the Traffic Safety Act with crossing a roadway at a point other than a crosswalk and failing to yield to a motor vehicle on the roadway.
The fine for the traffic violation is $57.”
This story warms my heart. I am bombard with stories about the digital age and being wired and social networking. How about this being a cautionary tale for those who think they can text and drive? Multi-tasking is just another word for doing multiple things poorly.
Stop it.
Via the CBC.
“LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Environmental Protection Agency has a new weapon in the fight against radioactive contamination at a Los Angeles-area lab: Mules.
The EPA will use four mules to carry high-tech scanning equipment to detect radiation on steep and rocky terrain at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory.”
Who would have thought the humble Mule would be helping us clean up the environment.
Radiation Detecting? What an odd idea;I guess we'll just have the mule that over for awhile. :)
“The EPA is conducting a survey of soil and water contamination at the lab near Simi Valley, where rocket engines were tested for years and a partial meltdown of a nuclear reactor took place in 1959.
About 500 acres (200 hectares) of the lab will be scanned for gamma radiation.
Results will be turned over to the state, which is overseeing a cleanup.”
I’m not sure whether to be happy or sad for the nice lady who finally got her drivers license after her 960th try. :)
Not quite the right idea behind parallel parking...
SEOUL, South Korea – A South Korean woman who earned a driver’s license after 960 tries is ready to buy a car and get behind the wheel.
Yonhap news agency reported Thursday that 69-year-old Cha Sa-soon passed the driving part of the test last month on her 10th try. South Korea requires a written test first, and Cha took it nearly daily since April 2005 before passing last year.
No one, and I mean NO ONE, expects a snake to the Face!
Care of the CBC:
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Police in South Carolina say an argument between two motel guests ended when one of the men was hit in the head with a snake.
Police say the victim told officers that he argued Tuesday night with 29-year-old Tony Smith over loud music coming from Smith’s room.
The dispute appeared to be over, but the man told police Smith walked up to him several hours later with a 1.2 metre python and hit him in the face with the snake’s head.
I would not know what to with that. You cannot be prepared for something as off the wall as this. Humanity amuses me.
A few of my favourites from the Christian Science Monitor Post titled Copy Editing Tea Party Protest signs.
PROBLEM: 'Competnce.' SOLUTION: If English is not your strong suit, try using smaller words and less grammatically complex sentences. For instance, this sign would have imparted the very same message if it had simply read, 'Obama is bad.'
PROBLEM: Homophone confusion, extraneous hyphen. SOLUTION: To communicate first-person plural possession, use the pronoun 'our' instead of the verb 'are.'
The crowning moment of awesome incoming!
PROBLEM: 'Infromed.' SOLUTION: Whatever the merits of Fox News may be, it is no substitute for a dictionary.
Thank you CSM for the pictures and the snark. :)
I figured I needed a video today, I just did not expect it to come via the Canadian Cynic, who is quite resplendent in dispensing snark, but as of late propagating important cultural work as well :)
From the CBC:
“Malaysian couples are being invited to hold their weddings at a district police headquarters in a bid by authorities to boost ties with the public and avoid being idle in a community where crime is rare, an official said Thursday.”
Wow, I guess there are worse things to do with your time if you are part of the police force.
“Authorities have time to focus on public relations because the only crime reported in the district of 6,000 people so far this year was a house break-in, Mohamad Fauzi said.”
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