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The elephants came out the woodlands to drink at dusk. And they just kept coming and coming. Filming on the ground I felt I was right their amongst them. The herds surrounded me as they moved in to drink. Some 140 elephants came in and totally ignored me so close to them.

As Obama's foreign tour comes to a close, do hearts and minds abroad translate into a boost in the polls at home? Find out in the Political Lunch Friday 10-in-3! ALSO: What's McCain doing in front of that cheese case?

Chris Paladino interviews Mike Forgey, producer at Microsoft Game Studios about Gears of War 2 being at the Mayhem Festival. We also discussed fans playing Gears 2 with Slipknot, and Disturbed.

Mary Helt and Chris Sittel of maryink met at a party in Nashville when they were home visiting their families. At the time Mary was living in NYC working as a photographer's stylist and Chris was living in Florida working at a silk screen studio. After a few years of tee shirt parties and projects the two packed up and moved back to Nashville to start their original silk-screen design clothing company maryink. Check out the rest of Etsy's Handmade Portraits series at Etsy.com

Super Dave to the rescue.

http://live.pirillo.com - If you're a fan of words like I am, or even word games, you probably love playing Scrabble. Thanks to the App Store, you can play Scrabble on your iPhone now, as well! This is an excellent way to ward off boredom while sitting on the bus headed home from work.

Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale had a hell of a task in front of them to top Batman Begins, and with the addition of Heath Ledger and Aaron Eckhart it certainly sounded like the team was in place. But Matt and Nat think it missed the mark a bit, and didn't quite live up to what it could have been. The major shortfall? Batman himself.

This is an excerpt from the live Demo Night that took place 7/23/08. The topic was creating Greene & Greene style joint for the Gadget Station project. Its a long video, but lots of details were covered and numerous questions were thrown out by the chat room. This was our best turnout yet with 180+ viewers! This isn't exactly as fun as the live experience but its a close second for those who couldn't make it. Enjoy!

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This young hyaena just has to investigate the cameraman on the ground. As bold as he is, he's nervous. Instinct tells him to run away but he just can't resist further investigation. Seemingly not getting anywhere he takes out his frustrations on an innocent mopanie tree.

Discovery-News.com: A diesel-guzzling truck is converted to run on fryer oil. Take a trip with James Williams on the journey to veggie fuel automotion.

Rachel Maddow and Rob Millis discuss press bias toward McCain and Obama. The press is allegedly "in love" with Obama, while McCain woos them with BBQs and camaraderie. But what about that CBS edit this week?

Ajda Pekkan Arena 2008

This week s DaFoWo is brought to you by the letter A, for air-guitar gods; by the letter B, for Bible-wielding public-school teachers; and by the number 556.62 one apartment-dweller s shocking June electric bill. Watch for new shows at noon every Thursday at www.dafowo.com.

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Narnia 2: Revenge of Aslan.

Jack Knife is a classical Pilates exercise that strengthens the abdominal muscles and challenges the core. Jack Knife builds on the Roll Over by adding extension of the legs to the ceiling, and maintaining the position of the legs as high as possible above the torso while rolling down to the starting position. Great for 12 pack abs! Visit www.PilatesOnFifth.com for more info.

http://live.pirillo.com - It's hard to get my attention these days with a glut of new products being released on a regular basis. mDialog got my attention quickly with their amazing marketing promotion. Thanks to them, we're doing a special giveaway for the Moderators in my chat room.

http://live.pirillo.com - In front of me is a small, light-weight device. I've seen it advertised in the past. When I ask people to send me ideas for cool USB products, I keep getting this one sent to me. It's a USB beverage chiller. I was skeptical as to whether one of these would work or not, so I decided to try it for myself.

Identi.ca = HOT!

Here's a look at Christian Siriano's collection exclusively for Bluefly.com. Follow Christian from collection concept to photo shoot featuring Ford Models' Juliana Imai.