Feb. 8th, 2006

angelophile: (Vader & Elmo)


"A children's book author wearing a tiger suit climbed on top of the St. Augustine Lighthouse in the middle of the night to protest child pornography on the Internet, according to police."

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"Police tried to communicate with Feldmann with a bullhorn, but winds of 25-35 mph and the tiger mask covering his head made efforts to communicate difficult."

angelophile: (Blue Beetle & Booster)


The natural world is a beautiful place – a place where gentle mother nature gets to show off her love and beauty wherever it may occur, through the gifts she brings to her children – the earth – via eg. the gifts of beautiful trees, flowers, smiling birds and animals, laughter in the mouths of some babies, relaxing seaside, dolphin, lovely lovely sunshine lighting up some romantic hills etc.
and clouds.

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For what greater gift could anyone choose to show their love than to pay to name one of nature’s very own beautiful clouds after their very own lovely sweetheart, immediately?

Yes! You can now immortalise the name of your nearest and/or dearest for all eternity by OFFICIALLY naming a REAL LIVE CLOUD in their honour for a SPECIAL LOW PRICE!

angelophile: (Snakes on a Plane)


KUWAIT (Reuters) -- Kuwait on Sunday held the first regional camel race using robots as riders after child jockeys were banned from the lucrative sport following criticism by human rights groups.

Teams from the six Gulf Arab states participated in the race held on the dusty tracks of a racing club outside the capital Kuwait City.

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"We hope this sport, which is part of our cultural heritage, will be spared from suspicion," said Kuwait's Energy Minister Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahd al-Sabah who opened the five-day championship.

The remote-operated robots are shaped like small boys.

Rights groups said thousands of boys, some as young as four, worked as jockeys in the wealthy Gulf Arab region where camel racing is a lucrative and popular sport. Last year, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates banned child jockeys.

Kuwait held an experimental race with robot jockeys last October, along with similar trials by other Gulf states.

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