What Is Caning?

Caning is a form of judicial corporal punishment involving the official whipping of the convicted offenders with a cane made of rattan, which becomes very flexible when wet. The physical punishment is generally applied on the buttocks, palm, or rarely, the soles of the feet. ...

Everybody was Cane Fu Fighting

" Cane swinging is part of a new fitness trend. Is it violent? Yes, but, it's all in the name of exercise for seniors. Call it Cane Fu fighting. Most of elderly folks think their canes as a crutch, and they don't want to be seen with one. Black belt and Cane Fu Grand Master...

Man sees bear in St. Charles Borromeo Church cemetery - Southeast Louisiana

"By John DeSantis / The Daily Comet RACELAND -- In nine years as groundskeeper at St. Charles Borromeo Church, Kyle Schexnaydre has seen coyotes, deer and lots of other wildlife lurking nearby. A week ago Friday...

Vancouver: Umbrellas Protection from Rain and Attackers

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThere is a saying that "Never bring a Knife to a Gunfight"Though perhaps in an emergency an  Umbrella in a pinch may avert  disaster when confronted by a knife...

Cane S01E02 (CBS)

As much as I enjoyed the pilot, in retrospect I wonder how good it truly was. The second episode of Cane is a bit of a letdown. I didn’t like it as much as I thought I would. Does that mean it sucked? I don’t think so, but this show is trying to find itself. It’s a mix...

Venezuela’s Government Canceled Alejandro Sanz

"It looks like Hugo Chavez is afraid of Musicians just like his father figure Fidel and his hero Che who once said “send all the musicians to cut cane they are all lazy bastards” Alejandro Sanz’s concert in...

Brazil: Cane Cutters 312 Dead 82,995 injured in 3yrs

Brazilian ethanol production will jump 22 percent in 2007 from a year earlier, to a record 5.6 billion gallons (21.3 billion liters), the Agriculture Ministry predicts. Brazil will sell at least...

Cubas Apartheid: The Cuban Afro Slavery

The Miami Herald withheld the name of the correspondent who wrote this dispatch, and the last name of most of the people interviewed. The jails are full of Afro-Cubans for speaking out so names must be...

Cane Pilot CBS

Cane is about sugar cane and the battle that a dynasty of Cuban Americans face while working in the US. This show was produced by ABC Studios and CBS. It will premiere on CBS on the 25th of September 2007.

South Carolina Fail To Get DUI Bill Ahead

"Glenn Grandy said thank you Friday to all those South Carolina lawmakers who have failed to pass stronger drunken driving laws. If they had acted, he might not have that nifty titanium rod in his left leg or the cool cane that helps him walk. He might never have had the...

Dog-size monster toad found in Australia!

While American athletes are swimming it out, winning medals and setting and breaking world records, Austrailian environmental group, Frogwatch is also making tremendous discoveries. A toad as big as a small dog...

Florida Technical School Student Angry Over Lack of Black History Classes Sta...

"COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — A 25-year-old student angry that his technical school wasn't teaching about black history walked into his business class Friday and stabbed three school officials with a screwdriver, police said. Kevin Mair of Plantation walked into his classroom at...

Botswana: Giving Furniture And Vehicles a New Lease of Life

"Ephraim Keoreng Palapye Raptec Investments specialises in the manufacture and renovation of furniture and vehicle interiors. Kgotla Rapitsenyane, the company's managing director identified a need in Palapye for upholstery services. "We repair car seats, repair car floor...

African snails attack Barbados

The Republicans are already blaming the attack on Democratic control of the House and Senate. In a matter of hours we are already not safer."Ravenous giant snails that emerge from the ground by night are thriving...

Japan brewer pursues 'Monster Cane' ethanol dream (Reuters)

" IE ISLAND, Japan (Reuters) - It is three meters tall and productive even in poor soil, it holds up in droughts and typhoons, and it yields twice as many stems as most sugarcane. No wonder they call it "Monster Cane." This new variety of sugarcane, named for its size as...

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