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A model village in England gets hosed down with artificial snow in preparation for tourists, who will pay extra to visit this new “Winter Wonderland.” |WSJ|

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Kite Surfers Jump Pier, Fall Short of Darwin Award

Kite surfers in Southeast England took advantage of some windy weather to jump a pier, soaring 100 feet on gusts reaching 40 mph. Apparently, Jake Scrace and Lewis Crathern had been waiting three years to pull off the stunt. And unlike those BMX riders bombing a Rotterdam building, this appears to be legit. Go watch humans fly. |Daily Mail|

Adding to the already offensive onslaught of Orwellian surveillance, the BBC is reporting that a national network of license plate reading cameras will soon be in place across England. And like the United States, police forces have placed innocent old anti-war activists on a “hotlist,” one of whom was pulled over by an “anti-terror unit” while motoring through London and presumably munching on granola. |BBC|