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Powerpuff Girls Sugar, spice, and everything nice; these were the ingredients chosen to create the perfect little girl; But Professor Utonium accidentally added an extra ingredient to the concoction: Chemical X.
Thus, the Powerpuff Girls were born! Using their ultra superpowers, Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup have dedicated their lives to fighting crime and the forces of evil!
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youknow? Everybody knows that the girls are made up of a mixture of sugar, spice, everything nice and some Chemical X. But did you know that Blossom’s personality ingredient is everything nice, while Bubbles is sugar and Buttercup is spice? While Buttercup does not have lots of special powers like her sisters, she can curl her tongue (Blossom and Bubbles cannot do this) and lift really heavy objects. Bubbles is the most powerful Powerpuff Girl. She can scream loud enough to shatter glass or buildings and stun opponents. She can also fly around the globe in less than 10 seconds and is bulletproof. Fire, lightning and atomic blasters have no effect on her. She can also speak multiple languages, including Spanish and Japanese. She can also see through solid objects and living organisms. Blossom’s special superpower is “Ice Breath” and a photographic memory. Bubbles made a short appearance in Chowder, after Mung Daal ate a sugar sapphire. Blossom’s hair bow is actually a bomb. It is the Powerpuff Girl’s secret weapon! In combat, Blossom plans before attacking. Buttercup starts attacking with no plan whatsoever, and Bubbles always looks for somebody to tell her what to do. Did you know that Dexter from Dexter’s Laboratory sometimes made secret appearances on the show? He was a student in the episode “Powerpuff Bluff” and a doll in the episode “Ploys R’ Us”. The show was originally called “Whoopass Stew”, with the girls called the Whoopass Girls, but was changed when test audiences disapproved. Did you know that the Powerpuff Girls were based on Fauna, Flora, and Merryweather from Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty”?
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Blossom Blossom is the leader of the Powerpuff Girls. Like her fiery red hair, Blossom is strong and determined, but she’s also very smart and thinks things through. Always dressed in pink, Blossom is mature beyond her five years, but can also be a bit bossy!
Bubbles Bubbles is the baby of the group (not in age, just in personality) and has the special power to speak many languages. Just because she’s a bit ditzy, with her blonde pigtails and light blue outfit doesn’t mean she’s a pushover. She can kick monster and villain butt just as well as her sisters can.
ButterCup Buttercup is a tough, hot headed tomboy. Unlike Blossom, she doesn’t have time for plans; she’s all action. And don’t try getting in her way! She fights hard and has a pile of victims to prove it. Always seen in green, Buttercup has short black hair and on rare occasions shows her softer side.
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With his tiny size and equally tiny intellect, The Mayor is well, the mayor of Townsville! But what The Mayor lacks in smarts, he makes up for in heart. He’s very protective of the city, if for no other reason than its home to his favourite pickle jar.
Once the Professor’s lab assistant, Mojo Jojo was transformed from a simple simian to an ambitious, crazy monkey! Mojo Jojo is extremely smart and has a very bad temper, but he has yet to defeat the Powerpuff Girls.
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The beautiful Sara Bellum is more than just a pretty face--in fact; nobody’s ever seen her face! As The Mayor’s assistant, she is the real brains behind the operation. Coincidently her name comes from the word cerebellum; it is Latin for little brain!
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These no-good hoodlums - Ace, Arturo, Big Billy, Snake and Grubber are more of a nuisance than anything else. Crank calls, graffiti and vandalism are their crimes of choice.
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Supremely intelligent, Professor Utonium teaches classes in quantum physics and micronuclear fusion at Townsville Research Center. He is also a very compassionate man and loves to make a difference in the lives of his fellow citizens.
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Bossman, Tiny and Slim - AKA The Amoeba Boys - are the lowest life forms in Townsville. These singlecelled organisms are just too underdeveloped to plot a worthwhile crime.
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Morbuks A spoiled little rich girl, Princess Morbucks can't buy the one thing she really wants: to be a Powerpuff Girl!
Keane Ms. Keane is the most popular kindergarten teacher at Pokey Oaks, the school that Bubbles, Blossom and Buttercup attend.
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Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z was a Japanese version of the show. It was quite different from the original. Here, Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup were normal little girls who became superheroes after being hit by White Z Rays!
Did you know that the Hotline may have a mind of it’s own, it sometimes changes it’s expression from happy to scared!
A hillbilly with no heart and less smarts, Fuzzy Lumpkins would prefer it if you stayed off his property. Now git!
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Rowdyruff The boys were the evil male versions of the Powerpuff Girls. Mojo Jojo created them by combining snips, snails and puppy dogs’ tails (just like in the nursery rhyme What are Little Boys Made Of?).
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Activity Corner
4 Pierced Sun Catcher
Supplies needed: • Card stock • Corrugated cardboard • Pushpin • Thin string or thread
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To create one, simply cut a sun shape out of paper or card stock and place it atop the cardboard.
Pierce the paper with the pushpin, creating a pattern of straight lines or swirls.
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Loop a piece of string or thread through one of the holes near the top edge of the sun catcher, and it’s ready to hang.
Remember kids, always get permission from your parents before you start. It’s always a good idea to have a helper nearby.
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World wide weird Get your weekly dose of the unusual and funny from across the globe!
Trunk art Meet Shanti, the Picasso of the animal kingdom! This Czech elephant’s works of art are being sold for up to £1,000 (Rs152,303) – and are expected to go up in value. Sadly, Shanti, the female Asian elephant at Prague Zoo, seems to have lost interest in art so may not add to her 12 completed paintings which are being auctioned off and have so far raised about £4,000 (Rs609,212). The money will go to buy veterinary equipment for an elephant zoo in Sri Lanka. Shanti was introduced to painting by her keeper Veronika Struplova who taught her how to hold the paintbrush in her trunk. Three months later, Shanti started to put the paintbrush on canvas and no longer needed her keeper’s help. Ms Paleckova said: “Painting is one of our enrichment programmes that keep our animals happy and healthy. Shanti’s great motivation is of course food - she is very fond of sweets made from apples, bananas or strawberries.” However, Shanti has not picked up a paintbrush since a move to a new enclosure at the zoo. Marek Slidberski, curator at Prague’s Marthi Gallery where the paintings are on display, said: “We just have to wait for her next wave of creativity.” SOURCE: WEB.ORANGE.CO.UK
Senior at the wheel They say that age is just another number, and rightly so. But if you plan to feel the thrill of living like this 100-year-old man, just be sure to drive on an empty road. Preston Carter, a senior citizen, was apologetic after barreling into a crowd of mostly school kids in Los Angeles and sending 11 people to the hospital. “I’m sorry,” he said. “I lost control of the car. The brakes failed, I think,” he added. Nine children and two adults were taken to hospitals, according to Erik Scott, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department. Fortunately, none of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries, and most had bumps and bruises. The incident occurred when Carter was backing up from a grocery store near an elementary school in southern Los Angeles. His Cadillac jumped the curb and plowed into the crowd. Officers are investigating the incident; they are trying to determine whether a malfunction with Carter’s car led to the accident. But whether the crash was caused by faulty brakes or not, the centenarian will not be driving anymore, which came as a relief to many angry parents. SOURCE: EDITION.CNN.COM
Robo-mule is man’s next best friend This four-legged robot is not exactly something you’d like to gift your kids on Christmas. It is a rugged terrain robot, dubbed “Robo-mule” which is part of a larger effort to develop unmanned equipment that could help lighten the load for marines on the ground. It could soon become a soldier’s best friend as the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab is testing the newest technology at Joint Base MeyerHenderson Hall, giving Commandant General Jim Amos a chance to take a good look at it. The Legged Squad Support System (LS3) differs from other autonomous vehicles; unlike large wheeled vehicles, the LS3’s animal-like body is designed to climb rugged slopes and inclines. “This can go where the Cargo Unmanned Ground Vehicle cannot go,” said Major James Richardson, head of the Logistics Combat Element Branch within the laboratory’s technology division. The LS3 does not require a driver and is controlled by a remote operator. Intended for small infantry units, LS3 can carry up to 400 pounds of equipment, including ammo, batteries and water. It can also reach speeds of 5 mph and accelerate to 8mph during “burst” periods. Richardson said developers hope to increase operating speeds to 20mph and get the robot to respond to basic verbal commands. Robo-mule recognises road obstacles and has a refined sensor system to prevent it from walking off cliffs. It can also turn itself upright onto all four legs autonomously if it’s been knocked over. SOURCE: DAILYMAIL.CO.UK
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Could this qualify as a collector’s item? Jim, A US man is trying to sell his damaged plane online - after landing it upside down in a storm and wants the equivalent of £10,000 (Rs1,523,030) for the 1968 Cessna 172 H. In the listing, he explains in his own way how the plane came to look like a turtle flipped on its back. “It started out as a bad hair day, you know kinda windy. Got called out to plow the course here in DV (Death Valley). We plow gravel off the road. Anyway must have had a twister come through so I spent the afternoon flipping my plane,” he admitted. Furthermore, honest Jim goes on to list the extensive list of damaged parts that potential buyers may wish to consider before lodging a bid. The only consolation they have is that the plane, currently at Furnace Creek airport in Death Valley, California, has at least now been turned the right way up. SOURCE: WEB.ORANGE.CO.UK
Quad’s my number? Just so we are clear, they are not being punished. This is purely for identification purposes, claims the mother of identical quadruplet boys who shaved numbers into her sons’ hair to help teachers and classmates tell them apart. The mother of four, Tan Chaoyun, shaved the six-year-olds’ heads with the numbers one to four. She took the drastic step before they started elementary school because she was worried the boys would get mixed up. “My sons are identical, even to me,” said Tan who reckons the only difference between them is the shape of their eyelids. “I could only tell the difference between them by having different ankle tags on them before they turned 18 months old. Even now, their father can’t tell which one is which. Sometimes he punishes the second one for something the third one has done,” she added. SOURCE: WEB.ORANGE.CO.UK
I yam what I yam! If you want to look like this Egyptian-born bodybuilder who has just had his 31 inch biceps crowned the biggest in the world, surviving only on spinach won’t really help much. Moustafa Ismail, 24, has spent ten years pumping iron twice a day and his upper arms now have the same circumference as a grown man’s waist. And guess what, he hates spinach. Instead he eats as much as three lbs of chicken, one lbs of steak or fish and four cups of almonds washed down with two gallons of water and three litres of protein shakes. The bodybuilder was so dedicated to bulking up his arms he moved his whole family to America to gain access to better workout equipment. Now that is what we call ‘dedication’. The muscle man said: “People always say you remind me of Popeye the sailor man. This makes me laugh as the truth is I don’t have any spinach in my diet - I can’t stand the stuff. Actually I think my arms are now bigger than the cartoon character.” Ismail, who lives with his wife Carolina, started bodybuilding ten years ago in a bid to keep fit. But after hitting the gym he received hundreds of compliments on his bulging biceps and decided to concentrate all of his efforts on making them even bigger. He has a daily exercise regime of 5am until 8am during which he concentrates on cardio, strength-training and body sculpting, using heavy and light isolated weights. When Ismail is not pumping iron, he’s pumping gas at the two petrol stations he owns near his home in Massachusetts. “Working out makes my mood better. You’re just focusing. And I like that in this type of sport you can see your improvement in your shape,” he says. Ismail’s biceps have now been confirmed as a record and he will appear in the Guinness Book of World Records 2013. SOURCE: DAILYMAIL.CO.UK
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Did you know?
s n i g i r O d r o W To be in one’s bad books Parents often say, “If your grades keep dropping like they are, e, you’ll soon find yourself in your teacher’s bad books.” By this d your parents don’t mean that your teacher has a book of bad names and she’ll enter your name in that (though you never know, some teachers might just keep such books.) The term being in someone’s bad books means that they are displeased with you. In 1592, Robert Greene wrote about creating a black book of criminal activity. The book named various criminals, as he saw them, and wrote about their crimes. By the late 19th century, the term ‘bad books’ arrived and was used more commonly after 1861 when it d, “The Arminians”, was first recorded in Perry’s History of the Church of England, who at that time were in his bad books.
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Cool facts A python can swallow a rabbit whole and may eat as many as 150 mice in a six-month period. A housefly hums in the key of F. Animals generate 30 times more waste than humans which is 1.4 billion tons every year. Ants never sleep. Also they don’t have lungs. A group of owls is called a parliament. Just one cow gives off enough harmful methane gas in a single day to fill around 400 litre bottles. Apple and pear seeds contain arsenic, which may be deadly to dogs. Pirates wore earrings because they believed it improved their eyesight. It snowed in the Sahara desert for 30 minutes on February 18, 1979.
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