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Canada to Switch to Plastic Money!
by Sam on Jun.23, 2011, under Uncategorized
OK, well actually the term the Bank of Canada uses is polymer, not plastic, and although polymer is sometimes taken to refer to plastics, it actually encompasses a large class of natural and synthetic materials with a wide variety of properties. On June 20th the bank of Canada announced they will be releasing the $100 and $50 polymer bank notes in November 2011 and March 2012 respectively. They feature a number of innovative, high tech, and cool new security features not the least of which are the see through windows! Check out this video that show cases these improvements to Canada’s money.
No jail time for taco bomber
by Sam on Jun.22, 2011, under Uncategorized
This is an article about the bomber that placed a bomb and blew up a Taco Del Mar just as I drove my bus past it. I watched in my mirrors as the debris shot across the road just missing the back of my bus loaded with innocent passengers . This is his sentencing…
“An arsonist who blew up a Taco Del Mar on W. Broadway in 2008 received a sentence of two years house arrest less a day on Monday.
Kamaljeet Singh Josan received the conditional sentence,…”
For the complete story, please go here.
Vancouver Canucks fans riot – Raw video
by Sam on Jun.16, 2011, under Uncategorized
Wednesday, June 15, 2011: Last night the Vancouver Canucks lost in game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals. Many fans took out their frustrations on our poor city by rioting and looting in the streets. Fires were set, cars and property were damaged, people were beaten. Watch raw video of the downtown Vancouver riots after game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals below. It was a shame that fans chose to riot instead of show good sportsmanship and congratulate the winning team.
Amazing Micro Sculptures
by Sam on Jun.10, 2011, under Uncategorized
Talk about issues of scale! This guy uses a microscope and the hair off of a house fly’s back to carve his sculptures, amazing! Willard Wigan’s makes nano-sculpture’s that fit inside the eye of a needle. I would not have that kind of patients!