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Welsh fisherman feels shark’s revenge

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:38:34 GMT

clipped by: gingembre
clipper's remarks:
"Conservation group, The Shark Trust, said Steve got what he deserved because he attacked the fish.

Spokesman Richard Pierce said: “When you’ve stuck a hook in something’s mouth and dragged it through the water and put it on a boat, you’ve basically attacked the shark. If the shark accidentally bites you, it’s hardly its fault.”

Clip Source: www.walesonline.co.uk

A SOUTH Wales fisherman who celebrated catching a “mini version of Jaws” was airlifted to hospital after the shark tore into his arm.

Steve Perkins, 52, of Penarth, was posing for a picture after landing the 6ft fish off the north Devon coast when it went on the attack and ripped a five-inch chunk from his right forearm.

He and three pals were fishing off Lundy Island, when he hooked the 80lb creature.

“It took us 15 minutes to haul it into the boat and the idea was to pose for a quick picture and then put it back,” he said.

“I was holding it by the nose when it gave me a bit of nip.

“I dropped it over the side and looked at my arm – it looked horrendous.

The carpenter was airlifted by an RAF Sea King helicopter to North Devon District Hospital and later underwent reconstructive surgery at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital after two arteries were severed.

The severed arteries had to be pinned back together, a nerve was reattached and tendons were repaired in the three-hour operation.

Butt Scratching & Bass Fishing

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:40:05 GMT

clipped by: sparlingphoto
clipper's remarks: Enough said.

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Wolves prefer fishing to hunting

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:40:07 GMT

clipped by: tabsey

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Wolves in western Canada prefer to fish for salmon when it is in season rather than hunt deer or other wild game, researchers have found.

Scientists studied the eating habits of wolf packs in British Columbia.

Deer is the staple food of the wolves in the spring and summer but they often injure themselves hunting them.

When Pacific salmon return to the region's rivers to spawn in the autumn, the wolves prefer the taste of the more nutritious and easier to catch fish.

The researchers studied the droppings and hair of eight wolf groups over four years to discover what they ate.

They had expected the wolves to switch to salmon only if deer were in short supply but this was not the case.

"Selecting benign prey such as salmon makes sense from a safety point of view," wrote Dr Chris Darimont, from the University of Victoria, BC, and his colleagues in the journal BMC Ecology.

Baby Daddy of Bristol Palin

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:32:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: McCain/Palin both support abstinence-only education for teens?

Clip Source: www.nypost.com

On a MySpace page subsequently taken down, Johnston boasts, "I'm a f - - -in' redneck" who likes to snowboard and ride dirt bikes.

"But I live to play hockey. I like to go camping and hang out with the boys, do some fishing, shoot some s- - - and just f - - -in' chillin' I guess."

"Ya f - - - with me I'll kick [your] ass," he added.

He also claims to be "in a relationship," but states, "I don't want kids."

Tags: abstinence palin

proof that abstinence only education works about as well as a tin foil condom

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:06:01 GMT

clipped by: nomereveneerofvanity

Clip Source: www.nydailynews.com

Bristol Palin's pregnancy was an open secret back home

He's a superhunky bad-boy ice hockey player from cold country; she's a chestnut-haired beauty and popular high school senior.

State troopers popped Johnston last year for snagging some king salmon out of season in Moose Lake, records from Alaska wildlife enforcement show. He had to pay $370 bail.

On his MySpace page, Johnston proudly declares: "I'm a f---in' redneck."

"I live to play hockey. I like to go camping and hang out with the boys, do some fishing," he says on the site.

He also warns that if anyone messes with him, "I'll kick ass."

The Web site, before it was removed, appeared not to have been accessed for a year.

On the part where it asks about children, he wrote, "I don't want kids."

RUSSIA: OUR IPHONE DEAL IS NOT GAY !

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:14:36 GMT

clipped by: jt3600
clipper's remarks: Outdoors with the Iphone & ambiguous duo saying ,What ? we're not gay and neither is our Iphone ! So was the comment of Zigfield & Roy as watch the effects of the "date rape" drug they just gave the tiger !

Clip Source: www.engadget.com

MegaFon confirms butch iPhone deal for Russia

While "market sources" had already spoken of a deal with MTS to bring the iPhone 3G to Russia, local carrier MegaFon has stepped-to, ex-KGB-like and confirmed its own deal. In a terse, presumably shirt-less announcement made while fishing, Russia's third largest carrier said, "The sales of iPhone in Russia will start this year." The spokesman then shot and wrestled this endangered Tiger to the ground as proof of MegaFon's superior 3G network.

industrial canal

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:08:06 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nola.com

Although New Orleans escaped serious damage from Hurricane Gustav on Monday morning, winds of the Category 2 storm pushed a 12-foot storm surge into the Industrial Canal, sending waves sloshing over the western wall and triggering minor flooding in the Upper 9th Ward.

Gustav's landing point was 72 miles away near Cocodrie, a low-lying fishing community in Cajun country. Cocodrie is about 20 miles from Port Fourchon, a vital hub in the energy industry where huge amounts of oil and gas are sent inward via pipelines to refineries. There had been fears of extensive damage.

By mid morning, water was splashing for several hundred yards over the western side of the Industrial Canal's floodwall near North Claiborne Avenue, said Jerry Sneed, New Orleans' director of homeland security and emergency preparedness.

Pop out and drop off some bombs, dear?

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:09:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I want to award this a stupid award, but there are so many stupider places she could have dropped them off at...

Clip Source: www.oregonlive.com

HILLSBORO -- Washington County sheriff's deputies were surprised Saturday evening, when a woman brought in a box of 32 high-explosive bombs used to scare seals from fishing grounds and piers.

No one was injured in the incident.

Leanne Wade, 56, of Hillsboro told deputies she confiscated the seal bombs from her friend's 21-year-old son in Seattle earlier Saturday, then drove them to Hillsboro to turn them in for destruction. She placed the seal bombs on a counter in the after-hours lobby of the sheriff's records department around 6:50 p.m.

Deputies soon called in Portland's bomb squad to safely dispose of the explosives.

They then interviewed Wade and determined that no harm was intended. No criminal charges are expected, said Sgt. Bob Ray, sheriff's spokesman.

They are classified as high explosives under federal law. To legally detonate one, a permit is required from the federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms.

Tags: bomb, seal, police, freak, out

PlasticDrinkBottleSeaCreatures

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:39:25 GMT

clipped by: ElizabethOtto

Clip Source: miwa.metm.org

I love the idea of using liquid containers to make water animals. Contained/containing, trash/not-trash, like the jelly-fish or anemone: Living/non-living

And I wanted some pets...

plastic water bottles, 2005
installation view at sawaguzo at Redux

close up floating creature

San Pellegrino water bottle, 2005

close up jelly fish

Volvic water bottle, 2005

close up sea floor

Poland Spring heel, 2005

San Pellegrino water bottle, shadow of two Poland Spring creatures
2005

making of...

I use a combination of heat guns, soldering irons and different cutting utensils to make these PETs. I wanted to work with glass but this is more fun. I have as much material as I want just by fishing in the garbage.

The New Feminist

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:50:21 GMT

clipped by: sillysam

Clip Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

Family, community, faith, sports. She didn't talk about what others have done. She experiences it herself. She isn't afraid to talk about it. She's an extremely confident woman. You might say she's the face of feminism,

you talk about inspiring other women, you talk about the healthy role model that she can be. This is just an inspired, inspired pick, and there's so many things that she could teach Barack Obama. For example, if they ever got together, here's some sample questions that Obama might have for Sarah Palin: Governor, can you show me the proper and safe way to handle and fire a gun? Governor, are all NRA members as pretty as you are? By the way, she showed up in a skirt today, folks, no pantsuit. Obama to Governor Sarah Palin: Governor, is hunting scary? And when fishing, do you bait your own hooks? Governor, when you found out that your baby would be born with Down syndrome, did you consider aborting it before or after the due date?

Man finds shark in Lake Michigan

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:22:07 GMT

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Clip Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Sat., Aug. 30, 2008

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - There's no telling what might turn up in Lake Michigan.

Rich Fasi of Traverse City says he found a dead 2-foot shark in the water while fishing on West Grand Traverse Bay on Wednesday.

The saltwater fish was a juvenile blacktip shark, said Mark Tonello, a fisheries biologist from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

Tonello said someone might have caught the shark off the Atlantic Coast and kept it on ice while bringing it to northern Michigan.

Another possibility is that the dead shark was dumped by someone who had kept it as a pet, Tonello said.

Tags: weird, animals

Oceans of Plastic

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:12:37 GMT

clipped by: papananook

Clip Source: liberationvideo.blogspot.com

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The plastic pollution of earth's oceans is an unrecognised environmental catastrophe. Captain Charles Moore, founder of Algalita Marine Research Foundation, talks about the plastic wasteland that converges in the North Pacific Central Gyre. He describes an ocean he had never known, "there were shampoo caps and soap bottles and plastic bags and fishing floats as far as I could see. Here I was in the middle of the ocean, and there was nowhere I could go to avoid the plastic." The immense amounts of plastic, that are a part of our daily lives, washes into the seas from far inland. This plastic does not degrade, but breaks down into tiny particles that are infesting the ocean food chain. Presented by Surfriders, surfers dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our world’s oceans, waves and beaches. 30 min. Download.

Property

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:52:41 GMT

clipped by: outlander2
clipper's remarks: Overseas property for sale, guides to buying abroad and great investments in emerging markets are just some of what David Stanley Redfern Ltd has to offer.

Clip Source: www.davidstanleyredfern.com

David Stanley Redfern are leading overseas property investment specialists focusing on off plan properties in emerging markets. We have a wide range of overseas investment property and international real estate for sale, all of which are capable of generating significant returns.

David Stanley Redfern: Overseas Investment Property and Real Estate Specialists

Rouge River Development
This is an extraordinary development opportunity, close to local amenities, a huge number of outdoor pursuits are on offer such as: skiing, canoeing, fishing, hiking and swimming…
Price range of: £27,500 - £50,000

Tags: property, overseas property, investment property

The Lady Who Can Hunt Caribou And Serve Up The Stew....... Mark Steyn

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:18:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Third, real people don't define "experience" as appearing on unwatched Sunday-morning talk shows every week for 35 years and having been around long enough to have got both the War on Terror and the Cold War wrong. (On the first point, at the Gun Owners of New Hampshire dinner in the 2000 campaign, I remember Orrin Hatch telling me sadly that he was stunned to discover how few Granite State voters knew who he was.) Sarah Palin and Barack Obama are more or less the same age, but Governor Palin has run a state and a town and a commercial fishing operation, whereas (to reprise a famous line on the Rev Jackson) Senator Obama ain't run nothin' but his mouth. She's done the stuff he's merely a poseur about. Post-partisan? She took on her own party's corrupt political culture directly while Obama was sucking up to Wright and Ayers and being just another get-along Chicago machine pol.

Clip Source: corner.nationalreview.com

First, Governor Palin is not merely, as Jay describes her, "all-American", but hyper-American. What other country in the developed world produces beauty queens who hunt caribou and serve up a terrific moose stew? As an immigrant, I'm not saying I came to the United States purely to meet chicks like that, but it was certainly high on my list of priorities. And for the gun-totin' Miss Wasilla then to go on to become Governor while having five kids makes it an even more uniquely American story. Next to her resume, a guy who's done nothing but serve in the phony-baloney job of "community organizer" and write multiple autobiographies looks like just another creepily self-absorbed lifelong member of the full-time political class that infests every advanced democracy.

Second, it can't be in Senator Obama's interest for the punditocracy to spends its time arguing about whether the Republicans' vice-presidential pick is "even more" inexperienced than the Democrats' presidential one.

Tags: gov sarah palin, john mccain, gun-rights, pro-life, energy independence

spain 1

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:48:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: http://www.budgit-travel-blog.com

Clip Source: www.spain.info

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