Breast practice on the riviera
Breast practice on the riviera
There was a time when French beaches were full of topless women - but no longer. As cities empty, and France makes its annual migration to the coast, Paris-based journalist Regan Kramer - a member of the feminist Les Chiennes de Garde group - asks why the breast is now back in the bikini.
In the early 70s, American and British women would struggle to stay well hidden behind their towels as they changed into or out of their bathing suits.
Even undoing their suit tops as they lay on their stomachs poolside could attract a reprimand.
It’s a sex toy for dogs
Is your dog single? Lonely? Having a hard time meeting other dogs?
Brazil’s Petsmiling thinks its cornered the market with the DoggieLoveDoll, the world’s first dog sex toy.
Comets not likely the cause of Earth’s mass extinctions
Comets not likely the cause of Earth’s mass extinctions
Scientists have debated how many mass extinction events in Earth’s history were triggered by a space body crashing into the planet’s surface. Most agree that an asteroid collision 65 million years ago brought an end to the age of dinosaurs, but there is uncertainty about how many other extinctions might have resulted from asteroid or comet collisions with Earth.
In fact, astronomers know the inner solar system has been protected at least to some degree by Saturn and Jupiter, whose gravitational fields can eject comets into interstellar space or sometimes send them crashing into the giant planets. That point was reinforced last week (July 20) when a huge scar appeared on Jupiter’s surface, likely evidence of a comet impact.
New University of Washington research indicates it is highly unlikely that comets have caused any mass extinctions or have been responsible for more than one minor extinction event.
‘Help Wanted’ counting stimulus jobs
SPIN METER: ‘Help Wanted’ counting stimulus jobs
How much are politicians straining to convince people that the government is stimulating the economy? In Oregon, where lawmakers are spending $176 million to supplement the federal stimulus, Democrats are taking credit for a remarkable feat: creating 3,236 new jobs in the program’s first three months.
But those jobs lasted on average only 35 hours, or about one work week. After that, those workers were effectively back unemployed, according to an Associated Press analysis of state spending and hiring data. By the state’s accounting, a job is a job, whether it lasts three hours, three days, three months, or a lifetime.
“Sometimes some work for an individual is better than no work,” said Oregon’s Senate president, Peter Courtney.
Planned $95M superyacht looks like a killer whale
Planned $95M superyacht looks like a killer whale
The planned seventy-six meter long “Oculus,” which is designed for 12 guests, looks like a large sea creature, with one end looking uncannily like the jaw and eye socket of a shark or a killer whale.
A second design, the futuristic, 91-meter “Infinitas,” is based on the figure-of-eight shape of an infinity loop.
You Paid For It: Ambulance Rides, Health Care Reform
You Paid For It: Ambulance Rides, Health Care Reform
Graham doesn’t have a job, insurance or car. So, when he feels bad, he doesn’t call a cab. He calls 911 to have an ambulance drive him to the hospital.
A 2 On Your Side investigation found that from January 2006 to May of this year, Rural Metro Ambulance picked him up 603 times.
Medicaid picked up the tab for each ride, costing taxpayers at least $118,158. Graham estimates he’s requested even more rides. “I’d say about a thousand times.”
The Onion: Yu Wan Mei Edition
The Onion newspaper purchased by Chinese conglomerate.