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Comment by Michel on February 28, 2012 at 3:18pm

Nepali villager, 72, declared world's shortest man

(Reuters) - Home to Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, the scenic country of Nepal on Sunday added another height-related superlative - of having the world's shortest man.

A Guinness World Records team measured Chandra Bahadur Dangi at 54.60 centimeters (21.5 inches), declaring the 72-year-old even shorter the previous title holder, Junrey Balawing, from the Philippines, who stood at 23.5 inches at the age of 18 last year.

"The good news is that Chandra Bahadur Dangi is the world's shortest living man," Guiness Records Editor-in-Chief Craig Glenday told reporters after measurements were taken.

"If he is really 72 years old he is the oldest person to be awarded the shortest-man record," Glenday said, adding Dangi was also the shortest person ever measured by the Guinness World Records.

From a poor and uneducated family in a remote part of Nepal...

Comment by Michel on February 27, 2012 at 3:12pm

@Adriana - You should post this as video, for sharing.

Comment by Michel on February 27, 2012 at 3:07pm

@Chris: That was a big mother!

The 40-inch (one-metre) male crustacean, about the size of a 3-year-old child, was freed in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, said Elaine Jones, education director for the state's Department of Marine Resources.

"All the weight is in the claws," Jones said. "It would break your arm."

Comment by Adriana on February 27, 2012 at 2:07pm

Unbelievable: church bans kids from their sunday service because the pastor is a registered sex offender. This is interesting: they get rid of the kids, instead of the sex offender. I think this is great: less kids will be indoctrinated!

Comment by Davy on February 26, 2012 at 6:15am

Not exactly weird but good enough.

Maine's biggest lobster returned to Atlantic Ocean

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Comment by Susan Stanko on February 20, 2012 at 7:02pm

Nice imagination these people have.

Comment by Adriana on February 20, 2012 at 6:36pm

Under wraps: Wasilla High School sculpture covered after concerns voiced

Jim Dault

Warrior Within

This sculpture titled ‘Warrior Within’ was installed at Wasilla High School Jan. 29, but has been covered since Feb. 1 after some students and parents complained it resembles female genitalia.

Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2012 8:00 pm | Updated: 12:29 am, Sat Feb 18, 2012.

By GREG JOHNSON Frontiersman.com | 59 comments

WASILLA — Jim Dault and Shala Dobson are proud to display their artwork at Wasilla High School. After all, the Meadow Lakes artists are Valley residents and have a familial connection with the school.

That’s why Jan. 29 was an exciting day, Dault said. That’s the day they installed their sculpture “Warrior Within” in front of the Mat-Su Borough School District’s largest high school. Three days later, however, the $100,000 work of art, contracted through the state’s Percent For Art Program, was covered by tarps and has remained under wraps since.

The reason? Some students think the stone and concrete sculpture that features a pair of shields surrounded by feathers resembles female genitalia. The oblong shields, one made of aluminum and another of bronze, are emblazoned with warrior symbolism, the artists say in a description of their project.

“Emerging from the powerful stone form are two warrior shields encircled by glowing feathers,” the description says, adding the art is a monument to the warrior spirit. “The bronze shield has a hand impression showing ‘good deeds.’ The aluminum shield has a flame symbol representing the ‘spark of inspiration.’ The stone form represents the strong material from which a warrior is made.”

That’s the message the artwork conveys, Dault said, and he and Dobson are now working with the school to help educate students and parents about the art and its ties to Wasilla High and its Warrior mascot.

Read the rest here.

Comment by Carl Pastor on February 10, 2012 at 2:11pm

all fer it

Comment by Neal on February 10, 2012 at 10:27am

Nice.

Comment by Michel on February 10, 2012 at 9:51am

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