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Bernest's thought of the moment…
While hindsight is always 20/20, some hindsight is just plain embarrassing.
Bollywood filmmakers cross cultural borders with London shoots
Before you know it, the Brits will be claiming Bollywood as their national cultural heritage just like they claim curry as thier national dish… cd LONDON (AFP) – Love triangles, melodrama and sizzling song and dance numbers have always been vital ingredients of a classic Bollywood film but directors are increasingly adding something else to…
Early Roman shipwreck carried fish sauce
MADRID, Spain – A shipwrecked first-century vessel carrying delicacies to the richest palates of the Roman Empire has proved a dazzling find, with nearly 2,000-year-old fish bones still nestling inside clay jars, archaeolgists said Monday. Boaters found its cargo of hundreds of amphoras in 2000 when their anchor got tangled with one of the two-handled…
Hokule`a To Retrace Voyage Of King Kalakaua
The Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokule`a will be making what may be its most ambitious voyage yet in a course beyond Polynesia and to Japan next year. The Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokule`a is currently in dry dock. New coats of paint are being applied to its hull. It is part of the preparations for its next…
Zanzibar islands ban plastic bags
Awesome!! Plastic bags and plastic water bottles are the blight of all the remote and beautiful places that I have visited. Hell, there’s a collection of this crap the size of Texas in the ocean north of Hawaii – the North Pacific Gyre. Zanzibar’s ban on the import and production of plastic bags has come…
McQueen's shades sell for £36,000
A pair of sunglasses worn by actor Steve McQueen have sold for $70,200 (£36,762) at a Los Angeles auction.The tinted glasses, seen in The Thomas Crown Affair, were sold to an anonymous buyer at Bonhams auction house. More than 200 items belonging to the Hollywood legend were being sold by his widow, Barbara, including leather…
Thai zoo to teach panda to mate with Porn…
The question is…was it Panda Porn…or human porn? I don’t think the story says…but after dinner is probably a nice time for him to watch it… cd BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai zoo, which has hosted a couple of pandas for four years, will play “porn” videos for the male next month to encourage them…
Maybe one day we'll really be able to marry cows…or other mixes.
It’s been a while since my last post/confession. I have sinned and will try to do better. BBC News, Nov. 6, 2006 Researchers from Newcastle University and Kings College, London have asked the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority for a three-year licence. The hybrid human-bovine embryos would be used for stem cell research and would…