Archive for July, 2008
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Celebrate in San Diego with Gulliver the Macaw!
Thanks to Sybil Erdin of the Oasis Sanctuary for writing to let us know that Gulliver will be having a picnic, "Gulliver Macaw's Celebration of Life," on Saturday, August 9, 2008, from 11:00 a.m. until at least 3:00 p.m. at the Pepper Grove ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Susan Estrich, 55, a 1974 graduate of Wellesley College, was the first woman president of the Harvard Law Review. In 1988, she was the first woman to manage a national presidential campaign. In that election, George H.W. Bush garnered a decisive victory over her candidate, George Dukakis, by winning in ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Sybil Erdin reports that Gulliver the Macaw is scheduled to be released from quarantine on August 7, 2008. Ms. Erdin and the Oasis Sanctuary were instrumental in bringing the castaway bird back to America after he was shipwrecked last December in the Kiribati Islands.
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Farne Islands are off the coast of Northumberland, England. The islands, owned by the National Trust, boast a sea bird sanctuary, with as many as 182 avian species in residence or passing through. The puffin colony is the largest to be found in England, and the fourth largest in the ...
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Chef Gordon "Hell's Kitchen" Ramsay slipped from a steep cliff and fell into freezing waters in Iceland while hunting puffins to be cooked on his British television show The F Word. Weighed down by heavy boots, Mr. Ramsay was under water for 45 seconds before he was able to remove ...
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
There is a magical connection between dog and human that offers a glimpse of heaven.
-- Ben Stein
Ben Stein was featured today on Fox News Sunday as Power Player of the Week. Mr. Stein, 63, is an economist, Emmy Award-winning actor, game show host, pundit, best-selling author, syndicated columnist, attorney, political ...
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
On Thursday, July 24, 2008, British Army Lance Corporal Kenneth Michael Rowe, 24, and his explosives sniffer dog Sasha were ambushed by enemy Taliban fighters while on routine patrol in Helmand, Afghanistan. Both were killed, and six soldiers were injured in the attack. Since the beginning of hostilities in November ...
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
The dog lost by United Airlines on July 10, 2008, minutes before a scheduled departure to Saudi Arabia with her soldier owner John Weisner, has reportedly been sighted in Centreville, Virginia as recently as yesterday evening. If you see her, you are asked to "please stop, sit and speak gently ...
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
Ichiro, a 42-year old chimpanzee residing at Ishikawa Zoo in Japan, escaped from his pen on Wednesday, July 23, seeking refuge from the heat. He hunkered down in a shady spot on a rooftop, and would not come down. A zoo worker tried to shoot him with a tranquilizer gun, ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
There has been a lot of speculation about what breed of dog the Obamas will get when the Senator's campaign for the presidency comes to an end. Taking into consideration the allergies of the Obama children, the American Kennel Club (AKC) narrowed down the field of contenders to a short ...
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