According to every book I have read on mammals raccoons have been night time creatures.  Well over the last week I have seen a raccoon that is a day time raccoon.  This raccoon showed up in my neighbourhood last weekend and has just been hanging around.  According to my neighbour the raccoon lives on their porch. 

This raccoon that now live in the neighbourhood is not a normal raccoon.  It is a sandy, brown, black colour and does not look like a raccoon any book describes it to be.  On top of being a weird colour this raccoon is missing it’s tail.  Also this raccoon is not afraid of people.  When you go outside and it is in a drive way it just stand there and does not move.

Just to make this even more strange animal control came to our house so they could get the raccoon but said that they are not allowed to take it because it did not look sick.  So now the raccoon is still living around our neighbourhood.

What would you say if a 12 year old boy was on a terrorist list?  This is a question many people should be thinking about.  Well around February 23,2010 a 12 year old boy, was going on a trip with his parents when the check in desk would not allow for his ticket to be valid.  If I were the parent at this time I would be going crazy.  According to the systems it said that this boy was a terrorist and was not allowed to travel in America.  It turns out that there is another person with the same name who is on the terrorist list. 

This boy was on many television show talking about what had happened and how he is suppose to go to Japan in the summer for some competition.  This problem is really worrying his parents because he is allowed to go but he might not be able to get back.  I seems like anyone can be put on the list.  What will happen now.

What would you do if a 150 year oil-painting got destroyed. 

In April of 2009, 250 works of Pablo Picasso got displayed at New York’s Metropolitan Museum.  One of Picasso’s  oil paintings called “The Actor” measures 115cm by 200cm and worth $130-million.  Last week this painting was the victim to a clumsy art student.  As the student was going through the gallery he/she accidently stumbled into the painting and tore a 6 inch gash into the painting.

Many are wondering how can you fix a one of a kind Picasso.  Well it is not easy.  Art experts have come together to discuss how the painting can be fixed.  If the painting is to be fixed there are many difficult steps that are to be taken.  These steps include having to collect all of the loose flakes of paint, reweaving the linen canvas to secure the edges of the tear, and then sticking the threads together.  Once this is completed a new piece of linen will have to be matched as closely as possible to the original and fitted in the back so it can support where the tear was.  Then the linen will have to be patched back on by wax and the tears and holes will have to be treated. 

What about the cost of this painting?  It is estimated that the cost will cost a few thousand in Canada.  So what is in store for this painting.  Will it ever be put back together,  well it probably will be.

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