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The ultimate ethical meal: a grey squirrel

Sun, 11 May 2008 23:17:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I hope this doesn't offend anyone here. The article even includes a recipe for those who want to clear out their backyards and reclaim their bird-feeders.

Clip Source: lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk

The ultimate ethical meal: a grey squirrel

The grey squirrel, the American cousin of Britain's endangered red variety, is flying off the shelves faster than hunters can shoot them, with game butchers struggling to keep up with demand.

Simpson likens the taste to wild boar. Ridley thinks it is more a cross between duck and lamb. 'It's moist and sweet because, basically, its diet has been berries and nuts,'

its new-found popularity is partly due to its green credentials. 'People like the fact it is wild meat, low in fat and local

Southern fried squirrel is good. And tandoori style works. It is especially tasty fricasséed with Cornish cream and walnuts. But the one everyone seems to like is the Cornish squirrel pasty.'

Texas Wedding...

Sun, 11 May 2008 19:40:41 GMT

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clipper's remarks: She looks lovely. It's the first picture I've seen.

Clip Source: abcnews.go.com

Texas Wedding Bells Have a Different Ring

Jenna Bush and Henry Hager exchanged vows in front of a Texas limestone altar with an attached vertical limestone cross picked out personally by President Bush. The three-ton cross and altar are permanent and manmade from stone from a local quarry.

Drilling for Oil..in Downtown L.A.

Sun, 11 May 2008 19:35:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is soooo interesting. I had no idea this was going on.

FTA: "California is the nation's biggest consumer of gasoline and is fourth among oil-producing states behind Texas, Alaska and Louisiana..."

Clip Source: abcnews.go.com

Drilling for Oil … in Downtown L.A.

Record prices are prompting oil prospectors to renew interest in drilling in Los Angeles, where urban sprawl, environmental opponents and decades of production make for one of the world's toughest oil fields.

"We're more active than ever," says Tim Marquez, CEO and founder of Venoco, which is running wells and reviving old ones in the city and elsewhere in California.

Oil has been produced in Los Angeles since the early 1900s, directly offshore as well as along city streets. To meet the demands of environmental opponents and gain needed permits, oil drillers have come up with a variety of methods to disguise oil wells so that most passersby don't even know oil drilling is going on.

The wells are drilled diagonally for miles out to sea.

"It's built to resemble a resort island (and) blend in with the surroundings,"

Top 10 strangest keyboards

Sun, 11 May 2008 13:45:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I like this one!

Clip Source: www.gadgets-reviews.com

Top 10 strangest keyboards

Here are the top ten strangest keyboards ever produced in our opinion.

10. Luxeed LED Rainbow Keyboard

The backlit buttons on a keyboard is a very useful feature, especially if you sit all night in front of your computer.

letting you to customize each button's color. Therefore, you can choose the pattern you like the most, or just color the different blocks of buttons to different colors. Maybe this is not the strangest keyboard, but it is definitely not regular one.