Topic: Green - on September 22, 2008 at 5:56:00 PM CEST
All About Mr. Elephant, in His Becoming Green Suit
What does the “very rich Old Lady” see in Babar the elephant? What, for that matter, do we see in him? Something appealing surely, even if we would not follow her example and give him a full purse to go shopping for a suit of a “becoming shade of green,” or do calisthenics with him or buy him a red roadster.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on September 22, 2008 at 5:26:00 PM CEST
Elephant Appreciation Day
WHAT? Elephant Appreciation Day was declared beginning in 1996 by Mission Media to celebrate the Elephant because...
* is the largest land mammal of our era,
* is unique among mammals for its trunk,
* is the most noble of beasts on earth,
* is most undeservedly threatened with extinction,
* has been man's benefactor in numerous ways throughout history,
* is entertaining and amusing,
* is gentle and friendly,
* contributes to ecosystem development and maintenance,
and generally deserves to be appreciated and upheld as an example of courage, strength, self-reliance, patience, persistence, and general high quality of being.
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Topic: SPORT - on September 22, 2008 at 5:23:00 PM CEST
Elephant Polo
Elephant polo players from around the world descended upon the Meghauly airport today for an afternoon of serious practice in preparation for the commencement of the 16th annual world Elephant Polo Championships.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on September 22, 2008 at 5:00:00 PM CEST
Masturbating elephants for science
MASTURBATING an elephant in the cause of science isn’t an easy job ? just ask wildlife expert Dr Thomas Hildebrandt.
Just touching a jumbo penis ? they measure more than 1.5metres when aroused ? can have painful consequences as German scientist Dr Hildebrandt reveals.
He said: “One guy I know got a black eye from being hit by an elephant’s penis.
“When you touch an elephant there it starts to flick backwards and forwards and it’s so strong it can knock you off your feet. It’s such a strong movement.”
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Topic: WEB - on September 22, 2008 at 11:38:00 AM CEST
Scan Toaster Brings You Internet On Toast
The Scan Toaster isn’t the first toast printer we’ve come across, but it is (as far as I know) the first internet-enabled toasting printing appliance. It sounds like a bit of a gimmick, but think about it… If you’re the sort of person who likes to devour the news in the morning, you can set up the Scan Toaster to toast you an RSS feed of news headlines.
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Topic: WEB - on September 22, 2008 at 11:32:00 AM CEST
The Internet, invented 1934
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on September 22, 2008 at 11:29:00 AM CEST
Vodka pipeline smugglers arrested
A gang of smugglers who made a pipeline to import thousands of litres of vodka from Russia have been arrested.
The group had taped together plastic tubes to create a mile-long underwater pipeline to carry home-made moonshine into Estonia.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on September 22, 2008 at 11:27:00 AM CEST
Top 8 Large Hadron Collider Videos
The Large Hadron Collider has become fodder for tons of viral videos. Some are hilarious, others are informative, and the best are somewhere in between.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on September 22, 2008 at 11:22:00 AM CEST
Hadron Collider halted for months
On Friday, a failure, known as a quench, caused around 100 of the LHC's super-cooled magnets to heat up by as much as 100C.
The fire brigade were called out after a tonne of liquid helium leaked into the tunnel at Cern, near Geneva.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on September 22, 2008 at 11:20:00 AM CEST
Large Hadron Collider: Public chooses 'Halo' as its new name
The name "Halo" sounds much catchier and should adorn the £4.4 billion experiment, according to a poll organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry in London
The Large Hadron Collider does what it says on the tin, since hadron refers to the subatomic particles that the giant machine smashes together at a shade below the speed of light.
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 22, 2008 at 11:11:00 AM CEST
Canadian Green Party leader apologises for not smoking pot
"I am not a fan of marijuana use. I have to confess this -- I know all politicians are asked. I've never used marijuana. I apologise," said Elizabeth May, who won extra attention this year by being allowed to join the televised national leaders' debates.
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 22, 2008 at 11:08:00 AM CEST
Strache gibt zu "Ja, ich habe Cannabis probiert!"
Die „Jugendtorheiten“ von Heinz-Christian Strache erstrecken sich offenbar nicht nur auf wehrsportähnliche Übungen in Wäldern, wie am späten Mittwochabend bei der Wahl-Jugendsendung des ORF enthüllt wurde.
Ausrede wie Clinton Auf die Frage, ob er schon einmal Drogen genommen habe, antwortete der FPÖ-Chef: „Ich habe einmal probiert. Das war damals ein Zug aus einer Cannabis-Zigarette“. Allerdings habe er nur „gepafft“, nicht inhaliert, behauptete er.
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