December 24, 2006
BY: Ian Johnston
PUBLISHED: December 23, 2006
HOLLYWOOD has turned them into the cartoon stars of the film Happy Feet, but the real life story of the rockhopper penguin is not such a happy tale, scientists have discovered.
Millions of the birds are disappearing in a “sinister and astonishing” phenomenon that is baffling biologists.
In just six years their numbers have fallen from 600,000 to 420,000 in the Falkland Islands – one of its few remaining strongholds – according to the latest survey by Falklands Conservation.
The decline equates to a drop of about 30 per cent, although the Falklands population is thought to have dipped by about 85 per cent since 1932, when there were more than 1.5 million birds.
It is thought that global warming may be behind its decline, as warmer seas are less productive and the penguins may not be able to find enough food to eat, but researchers admit they have not yet established the reasons.
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Filed by anomalus at December 24th, 2006 under Environment
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BY: Celebrity Dog Watcher
PUBLISHED: December 22, 2006
The Humaine Society of the United States just released a sad revelation about P. Diddy using DOG FUR on the Sean John Hooded Snorkel Jackets that have been sold to Macy’s (who are listing the fur as “faux”).
I read this at the beginning of the week but wanted to do my research before posting a rumor. The Humaine Society promptly answered my email and sent me this link supporting their claims.
According to a statement from Macy’s, all Macy’s stores has or will be pulling the mislabeled Sean John jackets from it’s phsyical and online stores. The HSUS is asking Diddy and other designers and retailers to stop using and selling fur trim.
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Yeah, that’s just disturbing. Worn any dog lately?
Filed by anomalus at December 24th, 2006 under Entertainment
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December 23, 2006
Here I am telling you to play it, because it has a cute bunny hopping on bells.
http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/bells.htm
Filed by anomalus at December 23rd, 2006 under Entertainment
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December 21, 2006
LITTLE BEST PICTURE Buses Abound!
Searchlight has three LITTLE BEST PICTURE buses making the rounds this week — each with “LITTLE BEST PICTURE” printed on the sides, the back and the front (and printed in reverse so people looking in their rear view mirrors can read it — clever, eh?)
The LMS/LBP buses began making the rounds on Friday the 15th and will continue through this Friday the 22nd. Below is the route we’ve mapped out for them — just in case you happen to be in the nabe. (Buses will lap each area a few times.)
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Considering the fact that ambulances have had the word ‘ambulance’ printed backwards on their hoods for over half a century… no, it’s not clever… at all.
Rather than having another car on the road polluting L.A. air, Fox should’ve just stuck another advertising banner somewhere—but heck, why am I complaining? I loved this film.
If it were The Fast and Furious doing this, however… ugh.
Yes, I have double standards.
Filed by anomalus at December 21st, 2006 under Film
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New observations from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope strongly suggest that infrared light detected in a prior study originated from clumps of the very first objects of the Universe. The recent data indicate this patchy light is splattered across the entire sky and comes from clusters of bright, monstrous objects more than 13 billion light-years away.
“We are pushing our telescopes to the limit and are tantalizingly close to getting a clear picture of the very first collections of objects,” said Dr. Alexander Kashlinsky of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., lead author on two reports to appear in the Astrophysical Journal Letters. “Whatever these objects are, they are intrinsically incredibly bright and very different from anything in existence today.”
Astronomers believe the objects are either the first stars — humongous stars more than 1,000 times the mass of our sun — or voracious black holes that are consuming gas and spilling out tons of energy. If the objects are stars, then the observed clusters might be the first mini-galaxies containing a mass of less than about one million suns. The Milky Way galaxy holds the equivalent of approximately 100 billion suns and was probably created when mini-galaxies like these merged.
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Check out the webpage for some high-res images.
Filed by anomalus at December 21st, 2006 under Sci. & Tech.
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