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Friday, December 26, 2003
Cat nightmare
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10 Reasons to adopt a Penguin
1. The perfect conversation piece for parties!
2. Make great foot-warmers.
3. Lovely lawn ornament.
4. Man's true best friend.
5. Good dancing partner.
6. Bring South Pole home!
7. Come fully dressed in their own tuxedo.
8. Rid house of pesky krill.
9. Good Christmas Decorations!
10. Have you seen a penguin?! via...Newstoday
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Thursday, December 18, 2003
In Vino...Vita
Nature.com In a further boost to its image as a healthy elixir, red wine has been identified as a potential source of new anti-cancer agents.
A group of French chemists has found that red wine contains a chemical compound called acutissimin A. The molecule has previously shown promise as an anti-cancer drug.
"It would be quite inappropriate to infer that red wine possesses anti-tumour properties," warn Stéphane Quideau, of the European Institute of Chemistry and Biology in Pessac, and his colleagues. But, they point out, it could be worth mining red wine for compounds related to acutissimin A.
Acutissimin A was discovered 16 years ago in the bark of the sawtooth oak. It blocks the action of an important enzyme, and in so doing might prevent the growth of cancerous cells. In preliminary tests, it has proved 250 times more potent than the clinical anti-cancer drug VP-16. More>>
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Tuesday, December 09, 2003
Olympic dog plight
A Swiss animal rights campaigner clad in a dog costume tied himself to a 4-meter crucifix at the Greek Embassy in Berlin yesterday to protest the alleged killing of stray dogs in Athens before the Olympics. Draped in a banner bearing the slogan “No blood for the Olympics,” 23-year-old Max Sartore said he would stay on the crucifix for three days, taking five hours a day off for sleep. (Reuters)
It is outrageous that they should be even thinking about geting rid of the "street" dogs. Just because they did this barbaric thing in the far east recently!
I have lived in Athens for years. The street dogs are loved and cared for by everyone. They may be living "on the street" but they have their places to sleep, food and personal carers. They are mostly vaccinated, etc. They have their freinds and don't bother anyone. I did a series of paintings of the Athenian street dogs, as they are very dear to me. Here are some photos I took of them in Glyfada. If I could I would adopt all of them!
Here you can read a very interesting article about the stray dogs of Athens, thank you Matt.
Athens, host of the 2004 Olympics, launched a plan last week to sterilize more than 10,000 stray dogs ahead of the Games in measures condemned by animal rights groups as ill thought-out and insufficient.
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Saturday, December 06, 2003
Guardian Unlimited Travel | Saturday section | House party
"And then there's the staff. Having butlers and maids on tap certainly avoids those old flatshare arguments about the washing up, but it does rather impinge on your privacy and make you over-conscious of being in someone else's house."
There can be difficult moments...and one can feel as though one is not in one's own house sometimes! This is about renting super villas to get away from the cold. Not what you thought...
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