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ForgottenTcklr
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These are wonderful.
I am going to print these and email them to my friends.
I am going to print these and email them to my friends.
njjen3953
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A bird the size of a small airplane was recently spotted flying over
southwest Alaska, puzzling scientists, the Anchorage Daily News
reported this week. The newspaper quoted residents in the villages
of Togiak and Manokotak as saying the creature, like something out of
the movie "Jurassic Park," had a wingspan of 14 feet -- making it the
size of a small airplane. "At first I thought it was one of those
old-time Otter planes," the paper quoted Moses Coupchiak, 43, a heavy
equipment operator from Togiak, as saying. "Instead of continuing
toward me, it banked to the left, and that's when I noticed it wasn't
a plane." The Daily News, the largest daily in Alaska, said
scientists had no doubt that people in the region, west of
Dillingham, had seen the winged creature but they were skeptical
about its reported size. "I'm certainly not aware of anything with a
14-foot wingspan that's been alive for the last 100,000 years," the
paper quoted raptor specialist Phil Schemf as saying. Another local
resident, a pilot who had initially dismissed the reports, said he
recently saw the bird from a distance of just 1,000 feet while flying
his airplane. "The people in the plane saw him," John Bouker was
quoted as saying. "He's huge, he's huge, he's really, really big. You
wouldn't want to have your children out." Schemf and Rob Macdonald
of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said there had been several
sightings over the past year and a half of a Steller's eagle, a fish-
eating bird that can weigh 20 pounds (10 kg) and have a wingspan of
eight feet, the newspaper reported.
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Restoration work in a Roman church has revealed two bare-breasted
beauties designed by Bernini had been hidden behind bronze corsets
since the Victorian era. Church officials say the figures were
designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and sculpted with his assistants in
the 1660s. However, 200 years later, they were censored by religious
leaders. Restoration director Angela Negro says it seems the nudes
were a bit too provocative for the Victorian-era public, so they were
covered with bronze corsets in 1863. The striptease has revealed two
white marble figures in perfect condition, squeezing their breasts
seductively. The same is not true for a little marble cherub - after
removing a loin cloth that had been added, restorers discovered his
offending parts had been chipped off.
southwest Alaska, puzzling scientists, the Anchorage Daily News
reported this week. The newspaper quoted residents in the villages
of Togiak and Manokotak as saying the creature, like something out of
the movie "Jurassic Park," had a wingspan of 14 feet -- making it the
size of a small airplane. "At first I thought it was one of those
old-time Otter planes," the paper quoted Moses Coupchiak, 43, a heavy
equipment operator from Togiak, as saying. "Instead of continuing
toward me, it banked to the left, and that's when I noticed it wasn't
a plane." The Daily News, the largest daily in Alaska, said
scientists had no doubt that people in the region, west of
Dillingham, had seen the winged creature but they were skeptical
about its reported size. "I'm certainly not aware of anything with a
14-foot wingspan that's been alive for the last 100,000 years," the
paper quoted raptor specialist Phil Schemf as saying. Another local
resident, a pilot who had initially dismissed the reports, said he
recently saw the bird from a distance of just 1,000 feet while flying
his airplane. "The people in the plane saw him," John Bouker was
quoted as saying. "He's huge, he's huge, he's really, really big. You
wouldn't want to have your children out." Schemf and Rob Macdonald
of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said there had been several
sightings over the past year and a half of a Steller's eagle, a fish-
eating bird that can weigh 20 pounds (10 kg) and have a wingspan of
eight feet, the newspaper reported.
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Restoration work in a Roman church has revealed two bare-breasted
beauties designed by Bernini had been hidden behind bronze corsets
since the Victorian era. Church officials say the figures were
designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and sculpted with his assistants in
the 1660s. However, 200 years later, they were censored by religious
leaders. Restoration director Angela Negro says it seems the nudes
were a bit too provocative for the Victorian-era public, so they were
covered with bronze corsets in 1863. The striptease has revealed two
white marble figures in perfect condition, squeezing their breasts
seductively. The same is not true for a little marble cherub - after
removing a loin cloth that had been added, restorers discovered his
offending parts had been chipped off.
ForgottenTcklr
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Ouch,
Poor little fella...
What did that Cherub do to have his privites whacked off like Mr. Bobbit?
Poor little fella...
What did that Cherub do to have his privites whacked off like Mr. Bobbit?
njjen3953
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Commercial fishermen in north Queensland are donning plastic buckets
in a bid to avoid being recognised in photographs taken by Coastwatch
patrols on the Great Barrier Reef. Whitsundays Boating and Fisheries
Patrol district officer, Glen Harsley, says hungry Asian markets,
eager to pay $80 a kilogram for live coral trout, are drawing
fishermen into green zones and fish sanctuaries. "Lately we have see
pictures of boat drivers with buckets over their heads, driving
blindly as fast as they can ... out of those green areas, also some
of them are trailing their anchors," he said. "They have to be quick
so they don't pull their anchors up and they are flapping behind the
boat. "I suppose it's the first thing that comes to mind when you
have been sprung."
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Winston Churchill is tipped to be voted the greatest Briton ever in a
survey being conducted by the BBC. The UK's former wartime Prime
Minister is at the top of a shortlist of 10 on which the public will
be asked to vote in coming weeks. Others in the running are William
Shakespeare, former Beatle John Lennon, Charles Darwin and Queen
Elizabeth I. Over the next five weeks, different BBC presenters
will deliver hour-long programs, arguing why each nominee should be
voted for.
in a bid to avoid being recognised in photographs taken by Coastwatch
patrols on the Great Barrier Reef. Whitsundays Boating and Fisheries
Patrol district officer, Glen Harsley, says hungry Asian markets,
eager to pay $80 a kilogram for live coral trout, are drawing
fishermen into green zones and fish sanctuaries. "Lately we have see
pictures of boat drivers with buckets over their heads, driving
blindly as fast as they can ... out of those green areas, also some
of them are trailing their anchors," he said. "They have to be quick
so they don't pull their anchors up and they are flapping behind the
boat. "I suppose it's the first thing that comes to mind when you
have been sprung."
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Winston Churchill is tipped to be voted the greatest Briton ever in a
survey being conducted by the BBC. The UK's former wartime Prime
Minister is at the top of a shortlist of 10 on which the public will
be asked to vote in coming weeks. Others in the running are William
Shakespeare, former Beatle John Lennon, Charles Darwin and Queen
Elizabeth I. Over the next five weeks, different BBC presenters
will deliver hour-long programs, arguing why each nominee should be
voted for.
njjen3953
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An Adelaide shearer is recovering today after setting a new world
endurance record for sheep shearing. Starting on Friday night at the
Mt Gambier Show, Joe Dodd, 37, wound up shearing 1,001 sheep in 37.5
hours. On the way, he set a new Australian record of 659 sheep in 24
hours. Mr Dodd says he was exhausted after breaking the world
record. "I'm blown away," he said. "I only had three or four hours
sleep last night and after I finished I went out with the boys and
had a bit of a celebration with them. "I didn't actually go to bed
until about 12:30am, so I was up for about 52 or 53 hours without any
sleep. It was a long one."
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Thousands of Iranian women are lining up for free motorcycle riding
classes as another taboo in the Islamic Republic quietly crumbles.
Although Iranian women have been driving cars for decades without
opposition, after the 1979 Islamic revolution, hardline clerics
decided it was inappropriate for women to ride bicycles or
motorbikes. But the winds of change that swept moderate President
Mohammad Khatami to power in 1997 have seen many women challenge the
cycling ban and some younger women these days even dare to try
rollerblades in parks and quiet streets in Tehran. Now a motorcycle
manufacturer has invited women to take motorbike classes. Less than
a week into an advertising campaign, the response has been strong.
endurance record for sheep shearing. Starting on Friday night at the
Mt Gambier Show, Joe Dodd, 37, wound up shearing 1,001 sheep in 37.5
hours. On the way, he set a new Australian record of 659 sheep in 24
hours. Mr Dodd says he was exhausted after breaking the world
record. "I'm blown away," he said. "I only had three or four hours
sleep last night and after I finished I went out with the boys and
had a bit of a celebration with them. "I didn't actually go to bed
until about 12:30am, so I was up for about 52 or 53 hours without any
sleep. It was a long one."
----------
Thousands of Iranian women are lining up for free motorcycle riding
classes as another taboo in the Islamic Republic quietly crumbles.
Although Iranian women have been driving cars for decades without
opposition, after the 1979 Islamic revolution, hardline clerics
decided it was inappropriate for women to ride bicycles or
motorbikes. But the winds of change that swept moderate President
Mohammad Khatami to power in 1997 have seen many women challenge the
cycling ban and some younger women these days even dare to try
rollerblades in parks and quiet streets in Tehran. Now a motorcycle
manufacturer has invited women to take motorbike classes. Less than
a week into an advertising campaign, the response has been strong.
njjen3953
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The organisers of the APEC summit in Los Cabos, Mexcio are trying to
find an alternative venue for tonight's leaders' dinner after a giant
bubble tent collapsed. The vast tent, held up only by the pressure
of air pumped into the corners, suddenly buckled and fell to the
ground. The good news for the organisers was that the bubble tent
did not collapse tomorrow night, when the US and Chinese presidents
and Prime Minister Howard would have been among the 21 world leaders
and 1,000 guests for a spectacular banquet. It is believed strong
winds caused tent material to rip, puncturing it and leaving it lying
crumpled and flapping in the breeze.
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New Zealand police have become involved in a bizarre incident In
Auckland, finding a severed human leg hanging off the back door of a
house in the centre of the city. While officers first thought the
worst, further investigation revealed the leg belonged to a man who
had had it amputated and wanted to keep it as a memento. Police were
called to the house when a neighbour noticed the leg beside the back
door with flies buzzing around it.
find an alternative venue for tonight's leaders' dinner after a giant
bubble tent collapsed. The vast tent, held up only by the pressure
of air pumped into the corners, suddenly buckled and fell to the
ground. The good news for the organisers was that the bubble tent
did not collapse tomorrow night, when the US and Chinese presidents
and Prime Minister Howard would have been among the 21 world leaders
and 1,000 guests for a spectacular banquet. It is believed strong
winds caused tent material to rip, puncturing it and leaving it lying
crumpled and flapping in the breeze.
----------
New Zealand police have become involved in a bizarre incident In
Auckland, finding a severed human leg hanging off the back door of a
house in the centre of the city. While officers first thought the
worst, further investigation revealed the leg belonged to a man who
had had it amputated and wanted to keep it as a memento. Police were
called to the house when a neighbour noticed the leg beside the back
door with flies buzzing around it.
njjen3953
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Hordes of giant jellyfish, weighing more than 100 kilograms, have
been washing up along a large stretch of Japan's coastline, clogging
fish nets and spoiling valuable commercial catches of squid and
yellowtail. Local government officials say the hardest hit areas are
the Sea of Japan coasts of Fukui and Shimane prefectures in western
Japan. Swarms of Echizen Jellyfish, also known as Nomura's
Jellyfish, have been turning up since late August, and according to a
fishing official at the Fukui prefectural government, the situation
worsened in September. "When you have 100 to 200 huge jellyfish in a
fixed net measuring 20 metres by 30 metres, it is hard to spot the
fish," the official said. The biggest jellyfish measure around one
metre in diameter and weigh more than 100 kilograms each, although
Nomura's jellyfish can grow as large as two metres. It's almost like
something out of one of those 60's sci-fi movies don't you think?
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The British Army has appealed for anyone hiding one if its borrowed
inflatable tanks - which blew away in a weekend gale - to kindly
return it. A spokesman asks anyone who has seen a flying tank to
contact them because they would like it back. Six inflatable dummy
tanks were borrowed from the Royal Air Force for an exercise in Wales
involving troops from Britain and some of its west European allies.
been washing up along a large stretch of Japan's coastline, clogging
fish nets and spoiling valuable commercial catches of squid and
yellowtail. Local government officials say the hardest hit areas are
the Sea of Japan coasts of Fukui and Shimane prefectures in western
Japan. Swarms of Echizen Jellyfish, also known as Nomura's
Jellyfish, have been turning up since late August, and according to a
fishing official at the Fukui prefectural government, the situation
worsened in September. "When you have 100 to 200 huge jellyfish in a
fixed net measuring 20 metres by 30 metres, it is hard to spot the
fish," the official said. The biggest jellyfish measure around one
metre in diameter and weigh more than 100 kilograms each, although
Nomura's jellyfish can grow as large as two metres. It's almost like
something out of one of those 60's sci-fi movies don't you think?
----------
The British Army has appealed for anyone hiding one if its borrowed
inflatable tanks - which blew away in a weekend gale - to kindly
return it. A spokesman asks anyone who has seen a flying tank to
contact them because they would like it back. Six inflatable dummy
tanks were borrowed from the Royal Air Force for an exercise in Wales
involving troops from Britain and some of its west European allies.
njjen3953
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An Adelaide man will today become what is believed to be the oldest
person in the world to receive a PhD. Ron Fitch, 92, will receive
his doctorate from the University of New South Wales, for his
research on the South Australian railway system. Mr Fitch is already
the author of two books on the subject, written after he retired as
South Australia's railways commissioner in the 1970s. He says he
hopes his PhD will show age is no barrier to completing further
education. "I suppose when you're a bit of an enthusiast it helps a
lot," he said. "I'm fortunate enough to keep very good health
indeed. "It might be an incentive to somebody else to say 'well, if
this bloke could do it, why can't I?'"
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A German schoolgirl has invented a "merciless bed" to ensure that
sleepyheads get up in the morning. The bed gradually raises the
mattress after an alarm rings. After five minutes, the sleepyhead is
rolled onto the floor. "I constructed it myself," Iris Koser, 16,
said at an exhibition of inventions this week.
person in the world to receive a PhD. Ron Fitch, 92, will receive
his doctorate from the University of New South Wales, for his
research on the South Australian railway system. Mr Fitch is already
the author of two books on the subject, written after he retired as
South Australia's railways commissioner in the 1970s. He says he
hopes his PhD will show age is no barrier to completing further
education. "I suppose when you're a bit of an enthusiast it helps a
lot," he said. "I'm fortunate enough to keep very good health
indeed. "It might be an incentive to somebody else to say 'well, if
this bloke could do it, why can't I?'"
----------
A German schoolgirl has invented a "merciless bed" to ensure that
sleepyheads get up in the morning. The bed gradually raises the
mattress after an alarm rings. After five minutes, the sleepyhead is
rolled onto the floor. "I constructed it myself," Iris Koser, 16,
said at an exhibition of inventions this week.
njjen3953
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"Shy," "brilliant" (according to colleagues) neurologist Joseph James Warner was arrested in Gainesville, Fla., in August (following a domestic altercation) and charged with illegally storing numerous human heads, brains and other body parts in his home. Warner was teaching at the University of Florida but was immediately fired because the body parts belonged to the school's lab and could not be lawfully removed. A former girlfriend called the Warner home a "hellhole" because of the organ-containing tanks and jars strewn around the house, and a St. Petersburg Times reporter said many of Warner's co-workers described him as a "deeply troubled man."
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In August, Denver firefighter David Lilja's gun kicked back, propelling one 3 1/2-inch nail through his jaw and another through his cheek, but they missed vital parts (except for an artery, but the position of the nail kept the artery from hemorrhaging); he's fine now. A few days later in Santa Clarita, Calif., an errant nail went through construction worker Jorge Hernandez's eye socket, into his brain, but he remained conscious and didn't realize what had happened until he looked into a mirror; he's fine, too.
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A 55-year-old condemned murderer-drug dealer, who suffered a heart attack just as the hangman's noose was placed on his neck, was revived, hospitalized and rescheduled for execution.
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In August, Denver firefighter David Lilja's gun kicked back, propelling one 3 1/2-inch nail through his jaw and another through his cheek, but they missed vital parts (except for an artery, but the position of the nail kept the artery from hemorrhaging); he's fine now. A few days later in Santa Clarita, Calif., an errant nail went through construction worker Jorge Hernandez's eye socket, into his brain, but he remained conscious and didn't realize what had happened until he looked into a mirror; he's fine, too.
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A 55-year-old condemned murderer-drug dealer, who suffered a heart attack just as the hangman's noose was placed on his neck, was revived, hospitalized and rescheduled for execution.
