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The APN Christmas party held on Friday asked staff to dress as their favourite celebrity and amidst the throng of young women who took it as an opportunity to dress-as-anything-as-long -as-it's-sexy, was photographer Bradley Ambrose (above) who went for authenticity as Andy from Brit TV comedy Little Britain.
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The iTunes terms and agreements suggest Apple might overrate themselves a bit. It reads: "The Apple software is not intended for use in the operation of nuclear facilities, aircraft navigation or communication systems, life-support machines or other equipment in which the failure of the Apple software could lead to death, personal injury, or severe physical or environmental damage."
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Strange attention-seeking/performance art: the Sprinkle Brigade of artists dress up dog droppings on New York City streets with glittering candy bits and colourful toothpicks, for "urban beautification", says Time Out New York. And British performance artist Ian Thorley used his art grants from local councils to spend a week on a public street stepping on and off a doormat while wearing a badge identifying him as a government doormat tester. (Source: News of the Weird)
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Adopt a sheep born into drought-stricken Australia: although you don't get an actual sheep, you do get to choose from a flock of purebred merino - "a lovely motherly ewe, a frolicking lamb, a horny ram, a wool-growing champion wether". You also get to name it and receive a photo of your new fleecy friend. For the $35 adoption fee the website also offers this unusual service: "If you want to send an email to your sheep, we will print it out and read it out to the flock. (We have too much trouble isolating an individual sheep for a personal communication. So be aware and don't get too personal in your emails.) Go to www.adoptasheep.blogspot.com to donate."
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Four eighth-grade girls in Marion, Indiana, were suspended from school for five days. They say it's just because they all wore the same outfits one day. They say school officials thought that if they were dressed alike they must be in a gang. Principal Michael Shaffer told local media the girls were suspended for violating school rules, but he refused to say which rules they broke. (Source: Reason.com)
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Sincere thanks to all those big softies out there who offered to buy a new bike for the 9-year-old boy who recently joined Jenny Aitken's family from CYFS care. Family friends bought the boy a new bike to ease the transition and less than a week later it had been nicked. The management team of Circle Financial Management decided in their weekly meeting to buy a new bike not only for the boy, but his little sister, an offer which has been gratefully accepted.
