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...consideration was Detroit's harsh winters. Although elephants can tolerate cold weather, standing on snow and ice increases the risk of slipping and falling. The only alternative was to have the animals spend most of the winter months indoors, where hard concrete led to foot problems and boredom. Many zoos, like the one in San Diego, have phased out certain species, like the moose, that do better in other climates. "Bringing cold-weather animals into the warm Southern California climate is a bad business decision and a waste of precious resources," says Larry Killmar, the zoo's deputy director...
...created Twin Peaks and has raised $1.6 million to promote the virtues of transcendental meditation is now peddling jarring ringtones for your cell phone at $4 a pop. Available starting this week on davidlynch.com--a site that also features the director, complete with pompadour, delivering daily weather reports--the so-called strangetones range in freakitude from a childlike voice repeating "My teeth are bleeding" to an overlord-type voice growling "I ... like ... to ... kill ... deer." Another ringtone, which consists of high-pitched screeching that sounds not unlike fingernails on a chalkboard, is aptly named Angst. Can't wait to hear...
...Four years ago at Commencement it rained,” said Reardon. “About 100 people showed up and that was pretty depressing. After that, I concluded that if it looked like tough weather, we would move inside...
Lehrer, who himself spent three years in the Marine Corps, will brave the elements once more today. The National Weather Service forecasts periods of showers, mainly before noon, with a daily high near 60 degrees Fahrenheit. There is a 90 percent chance of precipitation, and heavy rain is expected...
...School MBA Class of 2006 at its Class Day ceremony yesterday, Henry M. Paulson, President George W. Bush’s nominee for the next secretary of the Treasury, touched down at Logan Airport. The Business School, which had hatched several back-up plans in case the erratic Boston weather did not cooperate, printed out 1,000 revised Class Day programs and found a substitute speaker...