Quebec man sues over winning numbers printed seconds too late

Original News: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2008/10/08/mtl-lotoman1008.html

A man is suing the lotto company in Quebec for denying his ownership over the lotto jackpot, for violation of the rules of date accordingly to Loto-Quebec. The man refused to give up his million of dollar winnings, and urged that it was the Quebec-Loto’s responsibility for delay in the winning ticket that would have been ligament.

Joel Ifergan of Dollard-des-Ormeaux bought two Super 7 tickets on May 23, just before the 9 p.m. cut-off. He said he purchased the ticket at 8.59 pm, and the convenience store clerk said he only had one minute to buy the tickets. The first ticket purchased, had the printed date of the winning draw that night, but the winning ticket – 27 Million Dollars – was delayed showing the date for the next lotto.

Joel Ifergan is blaming the corporation for delay in transmission. He explained that  Quebec-Loto Corporation having poor transmission computers, as result for the date being too late. He filed his lawsuit in Quebec Superior Court this week.

The Woodpecker’s Secret of Painless Pecking

Credits: National Geographic Magazine – Growing Fuel The Wrong Way, The Right Way - The Anatonomy of Painless Pecking - Author: Helen Fields

Article: Anatonomy of Painless Pecking

Woodpeckers are specifically designed to do what they are best at, which is going around banging their small heads against trees, simply to find their food. Although one may suggest that they would get a headache, but the truth is that Woordpeckers are suited to the task:

1. EYE BALL:  Studying shows that the eye of a woodpecker is snuggled in to their eyesocket, held in by bones and surrounding tissues. On the contrary, human eyes have more space to move around within the sockets.

2. NECK: All the impact are absorbed by the woodpecker’s neck muscels, preventing damage to the brain. They have a thick and strong neck.

3. BRAIN: Their tiny brains are small and weight a fraction of an ounce, and their brains are not loose so they don’t bang around against their skull.

4. TONGUE: Their tongues are wrapped around their skull. They may stretch or batten it down.

5. MEMBRANE: Woodpeckers have specialized membranes located at their eyes. Whenever the woodpecker blinks the layer of membrane covers the eyes to protect it from potentially harmful wood chips.

My Opinion: Birds are amazing animals! This is another example of how birds are such fascinating organisms.

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