Daily Blog 05/04/2013
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Making the facade of Miami’s Colony Hotel in 1:43 scale
The Colony Hotel is one of the most famous and symbolic buildings on the Ocean Drive in Miami Beach. It’s very minimalistic facade make it a very easy model to build. Still, there are many challenges in this project.
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BBC News – Daughter of cyclist Audrey Fyfe calls for tougher sentences
The daughter of a woman killed by a careless driver has called for tougher punishments for those convicted of offences involving cyclists.
Gary McCourt, 49, was banned from driving for five years after being found guilty of killing Audrey Fyfe, 75, in Edinburgh in August 2011.
Her daughter, Aileen Brown, described the sentence as “beyond comprehension”.
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BBC News – Research shows drivers mainly at fault in accidents involving cyclists
Research from Westminster Council has found motorists are mainly at fault in accidents involving cyclists, with two thirds of crashes put down to bad driving.
Cyclist Alex Hale, Sgt Simon Castle from the Metropolitan Police and Andy Mitchell, the programme director of Crossrail, all give their views how how safety can be improved.
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BNP opt for sex over elections in battle for racial purity | Hynd’s Blog
The British National Party (BNP) has lost all three seats they were looking to defend in the 2013 local elections. This includes Burnley which was the nearest thing to a safe seat the party had.
In light of this electoral battering the party sent out this bizarre message to members suggesting “that BNP members and nationalists across the schools of nationalism engage in making babies.”