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In the depths of the oceans lurks one of the world’s most mysterious and strange looking creatures. The Angler lures prey with her lantern. This plush Angler is made from polar fleece and polyfil and has a working LED light. To light your Angler, simply snap the metal snap inside the velcro pouch to complete the circuit — via Etsy
Obviously I have been wanting to crochet these for a long time, but only recently got around to it, encouraged by a request from a great lab from my undergrad alma mater that uses them as a model organism. Here’s a pattern so you can do it too — via Wunderkammer
Have you ever uploaded a photo to Facebook, Instagram or Flickr?
If so, you’ll probably want to read this, because the rules on who can exploit your work have now changed radically, overnight.
Amateur and professional illustrators and photographers alike will find themselves ensnared by the changes, the result of lobbying by Silicon Valley and radical bureaucrats and academics. The changes are enacted in the sprawling Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act which received Royal Assent last week, and it marks a huge shift in power away from citizens and towards large US corporations.
How so? Previously, and in most of the world today, ownership of your creation is automatic, and legally considered to be an individual’s property. That’s enshrined in the Berne Convention and other international treaties, where it’s considered to be a basic human right. What this means in practice is that you can go after somebody who exploits it without your permission – even if pursuing them is cumbersome and expensive.
The UK coalition government’s new law reverses this human right. When last year Instagram attempted to do something similar, it met a furious backlash. But the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act has sailed through without most amateurs or semi-professionals even realising the consequences — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The biggest addition at Florida’s Lion Country Safari is just a week old: a 155-pound female Southern White Rhinoceros calf is now on display in the Rhino maternity area of the drive-through safari.
Born on 6 April 2013 to mum Bloom after 16 months of gestation, the baby has been named Anna, after Rhino conservationist Anna Merz, who passed away on 4 April. Merz was a founder of The Lewa Conservancy, which was established to conserve Rhinos in Kenya and has since grown to protect many species of African birds and mammals — via ZooBorns
— via Invisible Bread
Australian drinkers will soon have the option of buying a beer with a much longer shelf life.
A new type of malt barley, developed by Adelaide researchers and a Japanese brewer, can prevent beer from tasting stale as quickly.
South Australian farmers are to begin commercial production of the barley this year — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Mugshots. Woven mugshots. Elaborate, meticulous, and absolutely stunning woven mugshots. LOVE!!! This is the work of American artist Joanne Arnett, and I am completely smitten. She’s still in the process of setting up her website. She weaves large scale portraits with wire so the face is visible when light bounces off it. The images shift, like a giant daguerreotype from positive to negative depending on where the viewer stands, or sometimes they completely disappear into the plane of fabric — via The Jealous Curator
New Zealand officials have released a list of baby names put forward by parents that were rejected because they were too bizarre or offensive, including Lucifer
and Mafia No Fear
.
The list of 77 names reveals one child was set to be called Anal
before the Department of Internal Affairs vetoed the proposal, while another narrowly avoided being dubbed .
or full stop.
Other names on the list included 4Real
, V8
, and Queen Victoria
.
In some cases, parents appeared to have lost any inspiration for coming up with a moniker for their offspring, wanting to call the latest addition to the family simply 2nd
, 3rd
or 5th
.
The department’s rules forbid any name that might imply a child holds an official title or rank, so King
, Duke
and Princess
were among those that had been turned down most since 2001 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Three Maned Wolf puppies were born at Pueblo Zoo in Colorado. The new arrivals were born on 23 February to first-time parents Cayenne (the female) and Meek (the male). The puppies were delivered in the same den where their grandfather, Cayenne’s father, was born — via ZooBorns
Mozilla has called on a commercial spyware company to stop masquerading as its Firefox browser to avoid detection on people’s computers.
The action comes after a report from human rights group Citizen Lab claimed that Gamma International, a controversial surveillance software company, was using Firefox as a mask to hide its FinSpy software, which is used by governments to snoop on citizens.
British-based Gamma disguises its surveillance tool — which can be installed covertly, and then access key-strokes, activate webcams and record Skype calls — as Firefox so that users don’t delete it, Mozilla said.
We’ve sent Gamma a cease and desist letter today demanding that these illegal practices stop immediately,
Mozilla said in a blog.
We cannot abide a software company using our name to disguise online surveillance tools that can be — and in several cases actually have been — used by Gamma’s customers to violate citizens’ human rights and online privacy.
Mozilla stressed that the two software packages remained separate and that FinSpy did not affect Firefox itself or the way the browser operated. Gamma’s software is entirely separate, and only uses our brand and trademarks to lie and mislead as one of its methods for avoiding detection and deletion,
Mozilla said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Feel the sea monster. Be the sea monster. Actually the octopus is a very intelligent creature, and can do cool things like open twist-top bottles to get food out. Oh and three fifths of the neurons (the electrical pulses that make brains work) are in their arms .. Be the sea monster — via Black Milk Clothing
This Large-spotted Genet named Nora has been experiencing a human mother’s nurturing for the past three weeks at the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa. She arrived at three weeks of age after having been cared for by two other volunteers in Mokopane. It is believed that Nora, then only a few days old, was snatched up by an owl, but managed to get away. Injured when found, she was immediately treated. She was brought to the zoo in Pretoria about three weeks ago and has been cared for by their vet nurse Sr Marilise Meyer, her adopted human mother — via ZooBorns
Congenitally blind people have more accurate memories than those with sight, a study has found.
Experts at the University of Bath discovered that individuals with no visual experience had the most superior verbal and memory skills.
A team from the university’s Department of Psychology ran memory tests on groups of congenitally blind people, those with late onset blindness and sighted people.
Each participant listened to a series of word lists and was then asked to recall what they had heard.
Research has previously shown people can falsely remember words related to those said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Repetition of a simple phrase like illegal boats
influences the way you think about a subject even if it’s wrong, former political advisor and author Don Watson says.
Politicians from both Labor and the Coalition have referred to asylum seekers as illegals
before.
Every time illegal
is used in reference to asylum seekers, refugee advocates, lawyers, immigration experts and academics are quick to dispute it, pointing out that it is legal to seek asylum. Even the Refugee Council of Australia and the UN said it’s wrong to use the word illegal
to describe asylum seekers.
The confusion centres around the interpretation — or misinterpretation — of Article 31 of the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.
However, once the discussion reaches the level of conventions, articles and legal nuances, the most simplistic message — illegals are coming to Australian shores
— is already in the memory of the public.
According to Don Watson, former political speechwriter and advisor, and author of several books including Death Sentence: The Decay of Public Language, politicians continue to use a word they know is incorrect — propelling much disinformation — to drill the message into people’s minds.
Mr Watson says repeated use of a simple message controls the way people think about a subject, he told SBS — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Officer, it’s not what it looks like! I did not steal this car; that’s my key! Why are you getting out your taser?!
NOTE: Having this much weight and leverage hanging out of your ignition is not going to be good for it. One bump and your tumblers are toast. It also won’t work if you’ve got a modern car with a chip in the key. Consider yourself warned — via HaHa Bird
I dressed up this simple sack with Louet’s Euroflax, a naturally chic 100% linen yarn. This hearty, elegant linen pairs perfectly with Tunisian stitch for a gently textured fabric with a whole lot of simple grace. Use this pretty Knit Tote for your shades and a lipstick or even for the early spring peas and radishes you’ll be grabbing at the market — via The Purl Bee
Bronze octopus sculpture/table by Kirk McGuire Sculpture — via deviantART
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