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Helping elephants recover from (very much human-induced) post-traumatic stress disorder [via jwz] (you might need a nytimes.com registration: check bugmenot.com to get registrations for any site; even better, install their browser plugin.)

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It's a fascinating article. Even if you already know much about elephants, I think you will not look at elephants the same after reading this.

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The film selector for Saturday Night at the Movies has a clear hard-on for Gregory Peck. TVO's classical film night (1940s-70s) shows a lot of good films, but I could really do without Peck's alpha-male-squared voice. I'm sure that there are plenty of films lacking Gregory Peck worth showing.