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29 March 2021 | Cathal Austin | Irish Mirror (original link) An Irish sailor, kayaker and climber is training to become the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic. Dr Karen Weekes will face big seas, severe weather, potential capsize and marlin attacks to travel 3,000 miles from La Gomera in the Canaries to…
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26 March 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media Laura Nyro – Stoned Soul Picnic (Demo version) Can you surry?Can you picnic?Can you surry?Can you picnic? C’mon, c’mon andSurry down to a stoned soul picnicSurry down to a stoned soul picnicThere’ll be lots of time and wineRed yellow honeySassafras and moonshineRed yellow honeySassafras and moonshineStoned…
26 March 2021 | Staff | Euronews (original link) A misspelled road marking has provided light relief for Italian residents near Rome during the COVID-19 pandemic. A sign on Via Regina Margherita in the coastal town of Sabaudia was mistakenly painted “Sotp” instead of “Stop” in bold letters. Images of the error were shared on…
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23 March 2021 | Press Release | Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) All Illustrations © Wildlife Conservation Society The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) released to the public a digital collection of some 2,200 forgotten, historical scientific wildlife illustrations from its Department of Tropical Research (DTR), which it ran from 1916 to 1965. The stunning illustrations include montages of otherworldly…
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18 March 2021 | RYAN FAUGHNDER | Los Angeles Times | Original link Movie and TV studio Warner Bros. has backed away from a proposal to build an aerial tramway to improve access to the Hollywood sign, the company said Thursday. Warner Bros. in 2018 told Los Angeles city officials it would fund an aerial…
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15 March 2021 | James McClain | Dirt | Original Link Rihanna apparently caused a big stir by skipping the 2021 Grammy awards, leaving the spotlight to other music superstars like Beyoncé, Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift. Reports said the Barbadian singer’s absence was due to not being nominated — and then there’s the pesky fact that…
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