What happened to Gidget, the famous Sea Lion?

Source: 9NEWS.com

DENVER - For nearly a quarter century, she's been a crowd favorite at the zoo, and even had her own segment on 9NEWS predicting whether the Broncos would win or lose each week So, whatever happened to Gidget? ... ...
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"We don't need a master"

Source: John Hawks Weblog

But the issue isn’t just a lack of jobs for would-be academics. To do research, young scholars usually need to find full-time academic jobs. By training more people than it can employ, the current system leaves untap ...
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Same-sex Marriage & Religion - PostChronicle.com

Source: The Post Chronicle

Regular columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader Merlene Davis wrote this in the 24 May issue: "I don't see same-sex marriage as a religious issue," the implication being that it's merely a matter of civil rights. She exampled her marriage, not perf ...
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Major competition for Gatsby

Source: Adelaide Now

Filming of Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby moves to the International College of Management in Manly where a 1920's style party was re-created. Spectacular images of Joel Edgerton and Toby Maguire on the set of Baz Lu ...
Full article at: Adelaide Now  More like this  21 hours ago, 7:05am CDT

"Hello Mister".... "or something like that"....

Source: Travel Blog

Getting from Kuala Lumpur to Iboih beach on Pulau Weh (off the north coast of Aceh, Sumatra) involved the full gamut of transport: taxi, train, bus, plane, another taxi, ferry and motorbike. Nevertheless, the twelve hour journey went witho ...
Full article at: Travel Blog  More like this  1 day ago, 12:16am CDT

Time to act on animals in captivity

Source: The Star Malaysia

THE Star2 feature titled Facelift for zoos (Ecowatch, April 24) is a reminder to all that the time has come for wildlife issues in Malaysia be taken seriously. It is the change of attitude of Malaysians towards the ...
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Reader photos: Southern California Moments, Day 147

Source: Los Angeles Times

Close encounters: Paolo Pamintuan took this photo of some children pressed against the glass of an orangutan's home at the L.A. Zoo on May 25 with a Nikon D90. L.A. Now is the Los Angeles Times’ breaking new ...
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Transit tokens

Source: John Hawks Weblog

Kepler thought the next transit wouldn’t be until 1761, predicting a near miss in 1639. But Horrocks found an error in the great astronomer’s calculation and realized there would be a second transit, instead of a near miss, in ...
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Online Pet Shop

Source: The Humane Economy

what online pet shop can i buy a Tarantula from in australia? i wanted to know what online pet shop has Australian tarantulas and ships them in Australia.i love T’s but i just can’t seem to find some one online that w ...
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