Archive for December 4th, 2003
glasscastle - December 4, 2003 @ 11:41 pm
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 Plans
to build an 80ft statue of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator character
in his Austrian home town have been resurrected.
The steel abstract design was shelved earlier this year after Schwarzenegger
said he would rather see the money going to charity.
But now Arnie is the governor of California, city councillors believe the
statue could draw thousands of extra visitors to Graz.
A UNESCO study found that the futuristic cyborg killer played by Schwarzenegger
is the most famous film figure of all time.
Project author Herwih Hoeller said the project should go ahead: "It
would be the perfect way of showing the world how Graz is linked in with
the actor. Schwarzenegger is, after all, our biggest cultural export."
Batman declined comment.
from Ananova
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glasscastle - December 4, 2003 @ 11:42 am
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 What
is it lately with animal acts? First Roy in Las Vegas, and now Umar in
Russia. It seems trained animals are not as well-behaved as they once
were….
MOSCOW (Dec. 4) A performing bear mauled two Moscow theatre workers
to death
and wounded another after he broke out of his cage overnight,
police
said.
The bear, named Dodon and a star attraction in the Russian capital’s
famed animal theatre Ugolok Durova, became enraged and fatally attacked
33-year-old
Umar Zakirov, the RIA-Novosti news agency quoted police officials as saying.
He then set upon Zakirov’s colleague Shedov Timur, 32, who also met an
untimely end. A third theatre worker was bitten on the wrist."The bear tore two people to pieces and wounded a third," a police
spokesman said, adding that the beast was now back in its cage.
from the
Advertiser
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glasscastle - December 4, 2003 @ 8:55 am
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China
is Hong Kong’s top source of snakes, shipping about 67,000 every year,
and traders are having to defrost last year’s leftovers and import snakes
from Southeast Asia at prices up to 20 percent higher
from
the Boston Globe
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HONG KONG — Nothing holds off Hong Kong’s
winter chill like a hearty bowl of snake soup — but there’s a problem.
Many restaurants are missing the main ingredient.
Hong Kong’s snake industry is suffering a severe supply crunch after mainland
authorities banned exports during the SARS outbreak, when research suggested
the respiratory illness was spread by wildlife in southern China.
Aficionados view the meat as a winter-warming food, even an aphrodisiac. "It
tastes great. It’s good for your body," said Li.
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