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Penguins

(1)  WELLINGTON - A pair of New Zealand penguins that broke into a sushi stall at Wellington's busiest railway station have been returned to their natural habitat. Police said they initially received a report about a little blue penguin in the city centre over the weekend and released the animal back into the harbour. But it returned on Tuesday with his partner. Officers said the "waddling wanderers" started building a nest beneath a sushi stall at Wellington Railway Station, in the heart of the city.

Penguins

(2)  After attracting them with salmon, the police again sent the seabirds back to the water, while wildlife officers shut all possible hiding places in the sushi stall to prevent any re-offending by the animals. Department of Conservation manager Jack Mace said the birds were about to enter their breeding season and were searching for a safe and quiet spot "to set up shop to lay eggs later on. We do get a few calls about them nesting under people's houses. That's a common one," he told TVNZ. "But certainly the busiest railway station in Wellington is an unusual one."

Penguins

(3)  The persistent penguins probably needed to cross a busy highway to reach the train station, although Mace said they may have reached the sushi stand through freshwater pipes.

New Restaurant Opened In Norway

(1)  It’s pretty amazing news: the future is here and it includes underwater restaurants. That’s right, Europe’s first underwater restaurant is now open and it’s stunning. Located in Norway, it isn’t just a restaurant that seats 100 diners but also a research center for marine creatures. If that isn’t the most amazing double-act, we don’t know what is. The restaurant’s name is Under, which might seem pretty straightforward. But in Norwegian, the word has two meanings. First, it means "under" just like in English but it also means "wonder," which is pretty appropriate for this place.

New Restaurant Opened In Norway

(2)  The restaurant is 111 feet of concrete, partly in and partly out of the water. It rests on the sandy underwater floor and provides a fine dining experience encased in what is essentially a man-made reef. Concrete was chosen for the outside of the restaurant for one very specific reason: it’s a rough material that can fully mesh with the underwater environment. That means that algae, barnacles, and all sorts of marine life and vegetation can make their home on the outside. It’s the perfect way to bring together Under’s two goals of fine dining and marine research.

Slow TV: Would you watch seven hours of knitting?

1   Slow TV – a term used to describe programmes that run for hours without much happening – has become a huge phenomenon in Norway. The first instance of it was a seven-hour train journey between Bergen and Oslo that was televised in 2009. It was viewed by 1.2 million train-loving Norwegians. Its sequel, a 134-hour long broadcast of an arctic cruise liner’s journey along the Norwegian coast, became such a hit that emergency rescuers had to use water cannons to fend off attention-seekers following the liner in smaller boats. Since then there have been several more train journeys, a national firewood night (essentially, hours of footage of wood burning) and, most recently, National Knitting Night, in which a sheep was shorn and its wool turned into a jumper over the course of 8.5 hours.

Slow TV: Would you watch seven hours of knitting?

3   Andreas Sagen is a 31-year-old web developer and a self-professed Slow TV fan who watched the 2009 seven-hour train journey twice, once live and in repeat online. He believes that the appeal of Slow TV lies in its simplicity: “It’s just something completely different than the artificiality of most other things on TV. It’s great that the programmes led to a debate and a redefinition of what TV can be. It’s very satisfying to see everything happening in an unhurried, steady manner,” Sagen says.

Slow TV: Would you watch seven hours of knitting?

4   Also satisfied is Ina Høj Hinden, a public administrator who is another huge fan of Slow TV. “When I grew up in the 70s, TV was slow,” Hinden says. “In the last few years, the tempo has escalated rapidly and has somewhat saturated the market.    13 ___________  , it’s nice that some producers are taking the time to make programmes which linger a bit longer. There’s a lot of respect in dedicating so muchtime to broadcast something like knitting or wood burning.”

5   But there’s definitely an element of  14 _________________   to it as well. It clearly appeals to a population deeply immersed in the silly nonsense of typically British humour. British sitcoms and variety shows have long been popular in Norway. Besides, repetitive, time-consuming sports like snooker or test-match cricket on British television are arguably forerunners to Slow TV.

Pampered Pooches

1   Camila celebrated her first birthday in a blue-and-white striped dress. She played with her guests in a room decorated with pink balloons, lilacs and Hello Kitty posters. When the cake arrived she barked at the single flickering candle. This provoked a similar reaction from the Chihuahuas, French bulldogs and Pomeranians in the room. Valery Palma, a single 35-year-old lawyer who owns Camila, spent $300 on the birthday party for 11 canines and 16 people, complete with cake, presents and snacks, at a dog hotel featuring a gym and massage and aromatherapy services. “I’ve never had a female dog so I wanted to do something special with her,” said Palma.

Pampered Pooches

2   Over the last decade, the growth of Mexico’s middle class has created a new market for dogs. Many of the estimated 40 million Mexicans considered to be middle class are having fewer children than their parents did. So they have more money to spend on things like pets. Fancy goods and services for pooches include clothing and accessory boutiques, spas and restaurants with doggie snacks cooked by a pastry chef.

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