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Fat Albino Hedgehog put on Diet

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:48:23 GMT

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White, round and undeniably large, it is easy to see how Snowball the albino hedgehog got his nickname. Skip related content

But staff at Tiggywinkles wildlife hospital in Buckinghamshire have decided enough is enough. Snowball must slim down.

The hedgehog arrived at the Aylesbury centre in October weighing in at a hefty 1.5kg.

He had apparently been taking too much advantage of dog food left out at night by nature-lovers.

In a bid to reduce his weight to a healthier 1kg, he is undergoing daily swimming sessions in the centre's hydrotherapy unit. Rather glamorously, this is a jacuzzi donated by TV presenter Philippa Forrester.

Staff have also put him on a strict regime of kitten biscuits rather than the usual - but richer - diet of dog food.

Snowball has already enjoyed some success in his slimming efforts, having lost 38g so far.

Tiggywinkles founder Les Stocker said: "He was very, very fat. Hedgehogs just eat and eat and eat. If they have got food there, they will eat the lot.

December 10--1901

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:06:30 GMT

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History of the Nobel Prizes

By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com Guide

A pacifist at heart and an inventor by nature, Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel invented dynamite. However, the invention that he thought would end all wars was seen by many others as an extremely deadly product. In 1888, when Alfred's brother Ludvig died, a French newspaper mistakenly ran an obituary for Alfred which called him the "merchant of death."

Not wanting to go down in history with such a horrible epitaph, Nobel created a will that soon shocked his relatives and established the now famous Nobel Prizes.

Alfred Nobel was born on October 21, 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1842, when Alfred was nine years old, his mother (Andrietta Ahlsell) and brothers (Robert and Ludvig) moved to St. Petersburg, Russia to join Alfred's father (Immanuel), who had moved there five years earlier. The following year, Alfred's younger brother, Emil, was born.

Tantric Sex For Beginners

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:13:23 GMT

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My friend Sean recently wowed me by casually mentioning that he had just attended a three-day tantric sex workshop where the end goal was, well, for no end goal. “The point,” he said, “is to channel all the sexual energy that would normally leave during an orgasm, back into your body. It gives you so much energy!”

Sure enough, achieving the big “O” is not Tantra’s main objective. Instead, you attempt to prolong the act, increasing potent sexual energy and intimacy with your partner. If you focus soley on the grand finale, you’ll miss the amazing range of feeling the rest of the show offers. “Sexual energy is one of our most powerful energies for creating health,” says Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom. “Through the intimate connection with another, our stress hormones lower and our serotonin shoots through the roof.”

Design an “intimacy space”

Breathe Each Other’s Breath

Keep Your Eyes Open

Take it Slow

Ireland"s strict abortion laws challenged

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:07:49 GMT

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Ireland's Strict Abortion Laws Challenged In European Court

Ireland is a deeply Catholic country, known for its stringent laws restricting abortion, which essentially make it impossible for a woman to have the procedure unless her life is in danger. But now these laws are being challenged, not in Ireland itself, but in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The three plaintiffs are Irish women who have all traveled to Britain to have abortions. They say that the effective ban on abortion in Ireland violates the European Convention on Human Rights.

Almost 140,000 Irish women have traveled to Britain over the past 30 years to have abortions; currently, 6,000 women are estimated to leave the country each year for the procedure. And the illegality of abortion is deeply entrenched in Irish law, which dates from 1861. In 1983, the Irish constitution was amended to state explicitly that life begins at conception. This is the first challenge to Irish abortion law in over 15 years.

Andy Capp

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:46:56 GMT

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Chocolate Coffee Kiss

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:47:41 GMT

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clipper's remarks: For a COLD winters night

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3/4 fluid ounce coffee liqueur

3/4 fluid ounce Irish cream liqueur

1/2 fluid ounce creme de cacao liqueur

1 teaspoon brandy-based orange liqueur (such as Grand Marnier®)

1 cup hot brewed coffee

2 tablespoons whipped cream

1 1/2 fluid ounces chocolate syrup

1 maraschino cherry

In a coffee mug, combine coffee liqueur, Irish cream, creme de cacao and Grand Marnier. Fill mug with hot coffee. Top with a dollop of whipped cream, drizzle with chocolate syrup and garnish with a maraschino cherry.

So good!!!

Snow Geese

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:18:40 GMT

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Winter Wonderland

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:03:07 GMT

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Winter Wonderland

The famous Christmas song Winter Wonderland was first published in 1934. The composer was Felix Bernard (1897-1944) and the lyricist was Richard B. Smith (1901-1935). Probably the most popular versions of this classic Christmas song, Winter Wonderland, were recorded to high acclaim by the Andrews Sisters and Perry Como.
The lyrics of Winter Wonderland have undoubtedly contributed to the magical vision of snow at Christmas together with the tradition of building snowmen and therefore turning fantasy into reality by creating a real Winter Wonderland.

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winter wonderland lyrics and song

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Grandad Reminiscing

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:33:58 GMT

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“When I were a lad, Momma would send me down to the corner store with a

dollar, and I’d come back with five pounds of potatoes, two loaves of

bread, three pints of milk, a pound of cheese, a packet of tea, and half

a dozen eggs. Yer can’t do that now.

Too many damm security cameras.”

Garbage Island

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:26:39 GMT

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Clip Source: www.independent.co.uk

The vast expanse of debris – in effect the world's largest rubbish dump – is held in place by swirling underwater currents. This drifting "soup" stretches from about 500 nautical miles off the Californian coast, across the northern Pacific, past Hawaii and almost as far as Japan.

Charles Moore, an American oceanographer who discovered the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" or "trash vortex", believes that about 100 million tons of flotsam are circulating in the region. Marcus Eriksen, a research director of the US-based Algalita Marine Research Foundation, which Mr Moore founded, said yesterday: "The original idea that people had was that it was an island of plastic garbage that you could almost walk on. It is not quite like that. It is almost like a plastic soup. It is endless for an area that is maybe twice the size as continental United States."

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Facebook was blocked in Iran

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:20:22 GMT

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Facebook was blocked in Iran...

Cooling Down !!

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:13:46 GMT

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The wife bitched me out last night, for walking through the house with my boots on again. So I decided to jump on the bike and go for a quick spin, to cool down...

Men shouldn"t give advice

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:11:23 GMT

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Cody the dog may have lost his job

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:53:10 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Update on Cody

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Everyday Cody the dog has greeted patrons of the Clearwater, Fla., BP gas station and convenience store. He's a popular fixture, warming hearts and bringing a smile to everyone's faces. But this week Cody may have lost his job for good.

The St. Petersburg Times reports that on Thursday, Cody's owner and BP store owner, Karim Mansour, received a notice from the Florida Department of Agriculture that said Cody was a source of food contamination. The report stated, "Prohibited animals present in a food establishment. Dog seen in retail area."

"The guy was told this is not sanitary to have an animal running around in the area where food is kept," Terence McElroy, Department of Agriculture spokesman, told the Times. "We all love dogs. But the fact of the matter, as far as we're concerned, nothing's more important than preventing food contamination."

Even though all the food sold by the store is packaged or bottled, Mansour said he is complying for now and has been leaving Cody at home.

Paradise Lost

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:21:29 GMT

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to seek sanctuary abroad

After years of fruitless appeals for decisive action on climate change, the tiny South Pacific nation of Kiribati has concluded that it is doomed. Yesterday its President, Anote Tong, used World Environment Day to request international help to evacuate his country before it disappears.

Water supplies are being contaminated by the encroaching salt water, Mr Tong said, and crops destroyed. Beachside communities have been moved inland. But Kiribati – 33 coral atolls sprinkled across two million square miles of ocean – has limited scope to adapt. Its highest land is barely 6 feet above sea level.

Speaking in New Zealand, Mr Tong said i-Kiribati, as his countrymen are known, had no option but to leave. “We may be beyond redemption,” he said. “We may be at the point of no return, where the emissions in the atmosphere will carry on contributing to climate change, to produce a sea level change so in time our small, low-lying islands will be submerged.”