Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Two Stories About the Atlantic

First, is she a conquering heroine or a nutcase?

She conquered the sea, not her fear
"Solo Rower Mylène Paquette tackled 12-metre waves, loneliness, to cross the North Atlantic, a 5,000-km journey, in 129 days"
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"Mylène Paquette reached the shores of France on Tuesday after a 5,000-kilometre voyage from Halifax, a fourmonth odyssey that saw her overcome the volatility of nearly a dozen storms, the power of 12-metre-high swells and the shock of capsizing 10 times. However, she still didn't find a way to conquer her fear of water.

"I'm scared in the pool and in a big bath," the Montrealer told reporters on a conference call shortly after landing in the French port city of Lorient.

"I don't really understand what I'm scared of. Maybe it's because I've been watching too much Jaws when I was younger?""

Second, the government owns shares in this?

Jim Flaherty says he is open to Hibernia sale
"Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says Ottawa is open to discussing a potential sale of its stake in the Hibernia offshore oilfield off Newfoundland and Labrador.

However, Flaherty says the federal government has not directly considered the possibility as it looks at other potential asset sales."(Emphasis mine)
The CBC, perhaps?

And why not do both?

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1 Comments:

Blogger SnoopyTheGoon said...

I looked up Ms Paquette in Images. Why would she want to separate herself from the rest of humanity, being a looker, is unclear. But then she went to France...

November 16, 2013 8:45 am  

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