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The Duck Prince

The Duck Prince is a comedy/shojo manga by manga-ka Ai Morinaga. It tells the tale of a small boy, Reiichi Shiratori, who is mocked by everyone and who falls in love with a very pretty and kind girl called Yumiko Ito. After a car accident, he is granted one wish by a magic dog and wishes to be beautiful. But whenever he has "dirty" thoughts about Yumiko he turns back into his original self.

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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=2397

ErikaOcelot 16:55, 11 March 2006 (UTC)ErikaOcelot

Space Eating Habits

When John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth in 1962 he had many tasks to perform, one of which was experimentation with eating food in weightless conditions. While John found this task easy some experts were concerned that because of the weightless conditions found in space food would be difficult to swallow and therefore collect in the throat.

Astronauts who followed John Glenn in other Mercury missions had trouble coping with the food forced upon them. This food consisted of bite-sized cubes, freeze-dried powders and semiliquids crammed into tubes. Not only did the astronauts find this food unappetizing but they had trouble rehydrating the freeze-dried food, disliked squeezing tubes and they also had to collect any crumbs.

Food was changed for the Gemini missions. The tubes were one first thing to go because the container weighed more than the food inside. Improvements were made to the bite-sized cubes; they were covered in gelatin to help stop the crumbling. A method to help make rehydrating foods easier was also invented. These however were not the only changes made; there were also significant changes made to the menu. A typical meal for these astronauts now included shrimp cocktail, chicken and vegetables, toast squares, butterscotch pudding, and apple juice.

Food variety was greatly increased for the Apollo missions and astronauts now had access to hot water which could be used to make rehydrating much easier and even improved the way the food tasted. The “spoon-bowl” also was introduced and used in the Apollo missions. This was used to allow the astronauts to eat more normally as they did on earth. This was achieved by the food being kept in a special plastic container which was then opened with a plastic zip. The moisture in the food helped it stick to a spoon.

The Skylab spacecraft offered a large amount of space which could be used to store many more types of food and had enough space for a fridge and freezer to be present. There was also enough space for a dining room. The chairs used were seated and stuck around a table (which was also stuck to the floor). The astronauts were prevented from floating around the room by foot and thigh restraints. Their meals were kept in food trays which also warmed to food. Therefore eating on the Skylab was relatively normal. They used knifes, forks and spoons as well as scissors; which were used for opening the food. These were held down magnetically to the food tray.

Today fruit and vegetables are eaten in space however they are limited as only those who can survive at room temperature can be considered as choices for a space flight. Astronauts also have a greater choice when it comes to food. They create there own menu from an approved list of foods such as fruit salad and spaghetti.

Sources

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_Food_for_Space_Flight.html

http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/astronauts/food-history.html

Iron Cobra

Iron Cobra is an improv duo from Toronto, Canada, formed in late 2002 and comprised of Becky Johnson and Graham Wagner (both orginally from Western Canada). They also started Catch23 Improv, a weekly show they produced and performed in for two years before moving on to touring out of town. In the Toronto alternative comedy scene, Iron Cobra is best known for their mixture of melodrama and erudite cultural references. Since 2003, Iron Cobra have toured extensively, visiting Atlanta, Chicago, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Minneapolis, New York, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Nashville, Waterloo, and Providence to name a few. For their work in improv, Iron Cobra (and both its members) has been nominated for many awards including the prestigious Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award in 2005, Multiple Canadian Comedy Awards, and 1st Place at the World Domination TheatreSports Championship in 2004. Through their website, Iron Cobra also maintains a sporradically updated archive of audio and video recordings of their work.

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http://www.ironcobra.com/ http://www.cif.com/2005/duo-30april-1130.php http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485075/ http://www.tote.ca/events.html http://www.canadiancomedyawards.ca/nominees.html http://www.s87935700.onlinehome.us/archives/000490.html http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2004-11-18/stage_comedyfeature.php http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=52492017 http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_11.24.05/arts/laughtrack.html http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_03.03.05/arts/catch23.html

67.71.120.70 07:38, 12 March 2006 (UTC)