clearance

Jürgen Henn of Durham North Carolina has been documenting the ongoing cargo truck carnage at the 11′ 8″ (3.5m) high underside of a railway overpass on his blog 11 Foot Eight. Sez he:

Clearance can be a real challenge for a truck driver. Especially inexperienced drivers of rental box trucks seem to be quite oblivious to the warning signs and flashing “overheight” warning lights at this railroad trestle in Durham, NC. So frequently do trucks crash into the 11-foot-8 clearance trestle, that the railroad company installed a crash beam in front of it. This massive steel I-beam bears the brunt of the impact, protecting the structure that supports this fairly busy railroad track. Believe it or not – they already had to replace the beam once!

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Kennel-Club-Photo-Contest-Winners-Portrait-685x709Kennel-Club-Photo-Contest-Winners-Mans-Best-Friend-685x531Kennel-Club-Photo-Contest-Winners-Dogs-at-Work-685x456Kennel-Club-Photo-Contest-Winners-Puppy-685x457Kennel-Club-Photo-Contest-Winners-I-Love-Dogs-Because-685x513Kennel-Club-Photo-Contest-Winners-Dogs-at-Play-685x453Kennel-Club-Photo-Contest-Winners-Be-More-Dog-685x932After sifting through more than 8000 canine portraits, the British Kennel Club has chosen the six category winners of its 2013 dog photography competition: Portrait, Dogs at Play, Dogs at Work, Man’s Best Friend, Puppies, “I Love Dogs Because…” and a special extra category ‘Be More Dog’.

Above: the six winners (and bonus special mention).

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Dead+Kitten

B Bop writes:

Reading this horrific story of despicable animal cruelty, I wondered how all those Broadsheeters who scoffed at that BS posting on the “Love/Hate” cat cruelty story line being unrelated to the actual killing of cats.

The truly sad thing is this will only escalate in the next few weeks. “Children” did this. The heart sinks.

Children (8) kills-cat-and-a-kitten-with-fireworks (Irish Independent)

Previously: The Boycat

Pic: ISPCA

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