March 4, 2015

Incredible photo shows a weasel riding a woodpecker

http://www.sfgate.com/news/strange-weird/article/Incredible-photo-shows-a-weasel-riding-a-6112140.php

Run for your lives: The mighty weaselpecker has arrived

Amateur photographer Martin Le-May captured this incredible photo of a weasel riding on the back of a green woodpecker in London.

This is no case of a cute interspecies friendship. That weasel is trying to kill the bird. Le-May told the BBC he heard a “distressed squawking noise” and spotted the midair battle. The woodpecker escaped after a hard landing, and the weasel ran off.

Experts said they believe the photo is real. “Weasels are fearless,” wildlife expert Lucy Cooke told the news channel. She said the vicious mammals often attack rabbits much bigger than themselves, and it’s not shocking a weasel would go after a bird if given the chance.

March 4, 2015

19 kids and counting Diiliards laugh and cheer as one tries to run down a cat

even pregnant wife laughs.wow

Derick Dillard accused of animal cruelty after posting video of himself deliberately running over a CAT while sledding
19 Kids and Counting star was filmed sledding with his family in Arkansas
His brother-in-law, Ben Seewald, pushed him directly in path of ginger cat
Dillard crashed into unsuspecting animal, before it jumped to side in terror
Family could be heard laughing and cheering in background of the footage
Video has sparked anger on Instagram, with many users deeming it 'cruel'
Dillard, 25, expecting baby boy later this month with pregnant wife, Jill, 23

Although the feline appeared unhurt by the impact, the video sparked outrage within minutes of it being posted on Instagram by Derick, who declared, 'Move, cat', before being pushed down the hill.
Some users remarked on the 'cruel' nature of the cheers from his family and friends as he crashed into the animal. Derick's pregnant wife, Jill - who is the 4th of 19 children - is not seen in the video.



Bewildered cat is hit then leaps out of way


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2978210/Derick-Dillard-slammed-Instagram-posting-video-sledding-straight-cat.html#ixzz3TNo4HcUN

March 3, 2015

61 year old man walks 35 miles one way to work as janitor to support sick wife. $9.07/hr

DAVIS CITY, Ia. – Steve Simoff's daily commute to and from work can be more than a full-time job.

His route stretches 35 miles from this "deader-than-a-doornail" small town near the Missouri border all the way north to Lakeside Casino in Osceola.
And Simoff, 61, often hoofs it to work. That's right, he walks along Interstate Highway 35, the lone figure striding along the shoulder of the road, dwarfed by semitrailer trucks that whoosh by at 70 miles per hour.
He doesn't clock in until 11 p.m. for his overnight shift as a janitor. But to give himself time to get there on foot, he bounds out of the front door of his basement apartment at 3:30 p.m.

On those days, his 2002 Ford Windstar minivan with 105,000 miles on its odometer stays parked in the driveway. The Simoffs haven't always had a car. But even now that they do, gas money is tight
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/kyle-munson/2015/02/28/walking-commuter-steve-simoff-davis-city-osceola-casino/24198793/___

Her disability — Renee's Supplemental Security Income checks add a little cushion to Simoff's $9.07-per-hour job — prodded Simoff to walk to work on a more regular basis.

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Lately, Simoff has been hitching a ride most of the way home with a co-worker who lives in Leon, leaving him a morning jaunt of barely more than eight miles.

March 2, 2015

students find popular teacher hanged in classroom, lower her to floor

A popular 31-year-old photography teacher was found hanging inside an Orange County high school classroom by students as they arrived to school on Monday,

The woman, identified by police as Jillian Jacobson, was found hanging from the ceiling at El Dorado High School in Placentia.

"The preliminary investigation indicates it was a suicide," said Placentia police Lt. Eric Point.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-teacher-dead-at-el-dorado-high-school-20150302-story.html
The teacher's husband was notified and grief counselors were summoned to the campus. Afternoon classes were canceled.

The students flagged down another teacher who let them in the classroom, where they found the photography instructor. Together they lowered the teacher to the floor, authorities said.

March 1, 2015

Leonard Nimoy "the full body project" championed body diversity for women _ photographs

Sci-fi hero, acting mentor... and very risque photographer! Leonard Nimoy's passion for photography that championed women with fuller figures celebrated after his death
Nimoy's collection The Full Body Project from 2007 featured obese women photographed in the nude
His subjects are the plus-size burlesque group The Fat-Bottom Revue from San Francisco
Pictures feature the women dancing, laughing and proudly staring straight into the camera
Nimoy said the book was a 'direct response to the pressure women face to conform to a size two'





http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2974629/Leonard-Nimoy-s-passion-photography-celebrated-death-championed-models-fuller-figures.html

March 1, 2015

actress tells minorities to stop stealing white super hero roles

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/01/michelle-rodriguez-superhero-movies_n_6778732.html

When TMZ asked Rodriguez on Friday if she was "going to be the Green Lantern," the actress responded, "That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Because of this whole 'minorities in Hollywood' thing ... It's so stupid. Stop stealing all the white people's superheroes. Make up your own."

The 36-year-old took to Facebook on Saturday to clarify the meaning behind her statements. In the video, Rodriguez first apologizes to those offended.

"I want to clarify about my comment yesterday. I stuck my foot in my mouth once again, and I said that people should stop trying to steal white people superheroes," she said. "I guess it got taken out of context because a lot of people got offended ... but I have a tendency to speak without a filter, so sorry about that."

The "Furious 7" star continued on to say that she wants to see more minority writers and producers create their own original characters for minorities.

What I really meant was, ultimately at the end of the day there's a language. And the language that you speak in Hollywood is successful franchise. And I think that there are many cultures in Hollywood that are not white that can come up with their own mythology ... I'm just saying that instead of trying to turn a girl character into a guy or instead of trying to turn a white character into a black character or Latin character, I think that people should stop being lazy, and that people should actually make an effort in Hollywood to develop their own mythology.