demise of wild owls in the country as children seek to emulate the boy wizard by taking the birds as pets.

there seems to be a strange fascination even among the urban middle classes for presenting their children with owls

Researchers found that a growing number of owls were being trapped, traded or killed in black magic rituals. [...] Diwali, one of the biggest Hindu festivals, [...] It said owls were sometimes sacrificed on auspicious occasions.

I'm extremely worried that the synergy of the energy reflection is going to turn this pool deck into a frying pan. Think ants + magnifying glass. [...] Perhaps CityCenter's crack team of architects have done enough mathematics and simulation tests to have figured out a solution. Perhaps they haven't. We'll find out August 2010.

"On Thursday, some systems at a Salt Lake City location had to be rebooted to restart the satellite feed and some camera crews performed pans that ended up leaving the viewers a bit cross-eyed, Modell said."