A trio of Cougar cubs quietly moved in behind the scenes at the Oregon Zoo’s veterinary medical centre. The three cubs were found orphaned in southwest Oregon in late October and stayed at the zoo temporarily while they awaited flights out of town to new, permanent homes in New York and Kansas — via ZooBorns
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The Australian Vaccination Network has again been ordered to change its name, after losing an appeal against a ruling that its current name is misleading.
The New South Wales Administrative Decisions Tribunal has upheld a ruling by the state’s Fair Trading department that the anti-vaccination group’s current name could mislead the public.
The AVN can elect to make a further appeal against the ruling, but Fair Trading Minister Anthony Roberts has warned the organisation risks a hefty legal bill because the department will seek legal costs.
The AVN must change its name now,
Mr Roberts said.
We’re awaiting advice from the AVN as to what they consider an appropriate name would be.
We reserve the right to reject any names we consider inappropriate, but again my clear message to the Australian Vaccination Network is be open and up-front about what you stand for.
The Australian Medical Association was among those that complained to Fair Trading about the AVN’s name — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A new Haller’s Round Stingray arrived at the Tennessee Aquarium with a surprise of her own to share: she gave birth to a litter of five on 21 October, soon after her arrival. Each baby now measures about 8 cm, minus the tail, and could grow to be slightly larger than 30 cm in disk size as adults. Stingrays give birth to live young, which absorb nutrients from a yolk sac and then a special uterine milk
before birth. Born fully developed, the babies are immediately able to swim and feed, requiring no parental care — via ZooBorns
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A US federal jury has ordered two media companies to pay $US1.2 million ($1.3m) to a freelance photojournalist for their unauthorised use of photographs he posted to Twitter.
The jury found Agence France-Presse and Getty Images wilfully violated the Copyright Act when they used photos Daniel Morel took in his native Haiti after the 2010 earthquake that killed more than 250,000 people, Mr Morel’s lawyer, Joseph Baio, said.
The case is one of the first to address how images that individuals make available to the public through social media can be used by third parties for commercial purposes.
We believe that this is the first time these defendants, or any other major digital licensor of photography, have been found liable for wilful violations of the Copyright Act,
Mr Baio said in an email.
Lawyers for AFP and Getty did not immediately respond to requests for comment — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The fake trailer shown before the movie Machete Kills — via Youtube
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Bogart read comics — via Steve Niles
In a world filled with magic, one mysterious person tries to keep a forgotten power safe from both the Officers of OMEn and the Evil forces wanting to corrupt it — via Youtube
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Dennis Morris’ second interview by Nick Knight is the latest audio in our series of Punk: Photography phone calls. This time Morris was asked about capturing a famous image of John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols) during the Pretty Vacant video shoot. The candid phone call unravels the story behind the photograph, from what the two talked about to John’s image conscious persona. It’s also one for the analogue fetishists, Morris goes into depth on the technical aspects of achieving such a shot — via SHOWstudio – The Home of Fashion Film
Join Jack the Fox on his daily routine including a quick game of football and a shampoo and blow dry — via Youtube
This was done as a request — via deviantART
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What happens when two famous grouches meet for the first time? Where do you put your money? — via Youtube
Technology media outlet Delimiter today revealed it would establish a free file-serving mirror of PDF documents published under Freedom of Information laws by the Attorney-General’s Department and relevant to the technology sector, in the wake of confirmation by the department that it has removed such documents from its website.
Under the Freedom of Information Act, all government departments and agencies covered by the legislation must provide a way for the public to access documents which any party has requested under the legislation. This means that if individuals make FoI requests of government organisations, that that information will eventually reach the public domain and be accessible to all.
Almost all Federal Government organisations — including some government business enterprises such as NBN Co — interpret the act to mean that they must publish documents released under the FoI act in a disclosure log on their website. The Attorney-General’s Department, which contains FoI oversight as part of its portfolio, has historically done this.
However, the department recently removed PDF documents relating to FoI requests from its website, forcing those seeking access to the documents to email or otherwise communicate with it directly. This has substantially reduced access to a number of sensitive documents — via redwolf.newsvine.com
54 years after the death of Frank Lloyd Wright, Florida Southern College, home to the largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in the world, opened another structure designed by the famed architect. Originally called the Usonian House, it was envisioned as a professor’s home in 1939 but wasn’t built until this year using plans left by Wright — via ArchDaily
In celebration of the 50 years of awesomeness that Doctor Who has brought us, I made a special bracelet featuring all the incarnations of the Doctors. So far there has been 11 doctors, and soon the 12th will be among us — via Etsy
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