Saturday, July 31, 2004

Canadian Immigration says, "Those are real, eh?"
It seems that Canadian immigration officials are taking the term "full disclosure" to its logical extreme:

Toronto Sun: Baring all for Canada

FOREIGN STRIPPERS MUST SUPPLY NUDE STAGE PHOTOS TO OFFICIALS

By TOM GODFREY, TORONTO SUN

IMMIGRATION OFFICERS are having to pore through naked pictures of hundreds of exotic dancers to keep impostors out of Canada. Foreign strippers planning to table dance in clubs here must now provide photos of themselves with no clothes on to qualify for a visa for Canada, immigration officials say.

"Stage photos during performances are required," said Sergio Mercado, of the Canadian Embassy in Mexico.

More at http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/News/2004/07/27/558388.html

(I've never associated Canada with strip clubs, but my Canadian friend Liz swears that her hometown of Windsor, Ontario is the "strip club capitol of North America," an assertion I am in NO position to challenge on the basis of first-hand knowledge whatsoever.)

posted at 7/31/2004 11:57:00 PM by Calton - Permanent Link

Saturday, July 17, 2004

The White House vs. A Black Hole
It used to be thought that once something had fallen into a black hole it was lost and gone forever, and the only information left behind was just mess and spin.

   - Physicist Stephen Hawking, talking to BBC'sNewsnight.

Stephen Hawking has argued for nearly 30 years that nothing that disappears into a black hole is ever seen again, that all information is destroyed. Now, he's changed his mind.

So it turns out there is a difference between a black hole and the White House

Scotsman.com News: Hawking U-Turn on Black Holes