Tibetan Wild Asses Frolicking About
Somehow, deep inside, we knew those Tibetans were wild, didn't we? I mean, what's with sitting up in the mountains all day waiting for someone to come to you, ask you a question and such? Well, a few Tibetan wild asses got loose, or took to the fields, whatever, to hang out with the Qinghai-Tibet railway in Northwest China's Qinghai province. [gallery] The ...
Recycled Newspaper for Fashion
This is weird. In China the girls are wearing recycled newspapers as part of their fashion. University students can be seen wearing the fashion creations in the southern city of Haikou in South China's Hainana Province. I suppose that's one way to get students to read a newspaper. "Hmm...I wonder what I am going to wear today?" "Why not try the sports page, ...
Drought Effects on the Environment and Some Solutions
When a region receives a constantly reduced - usually none - water supply be it from rain or other sort of technologies, it's been affected by drought. Usually lasting for years, severe droughts can cause real damage even if they last a couple of months. But the effects are way beyond the physical damage we see (like the reduced crop) and ...
Half Naked PETA Protesters Against Bullfights
The PETA girls are at it again, stripping down naked, well half-naked, to protest bullfights. Somebody has to do it, right? Why not the girls? And, it all depends on which half is naked, huh? [gallery] Activists for the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) taped on banderillas, a decorated barbed dart, and lay in front of the European Parliament in ...
Golfina Turtles Born in Captivity Released
Golfina Turtles, also known as Olive Ridley turtles are endangered and listed on the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna. Whew! It's a good thing the turtles don't have to know the name of that organization from memory to survive. [gallery] Salvadorans released 1,500 of the little critters that had been born into capitivity into the ...
Chimp Anjana Surrogate Mom for Two White Tiger Cubs
Anjana is a two year old chimpanzee that plays a surrogate mother role for two 21 days old white tiger cubs that had to be separated from their mother due to safety reasons, when a hurricane flooded their sanctuary. However, that's not the only case. China York the care taker at The Institute of Greatly Endangered Species in South Carolina, along ...
Southern Australia’s Astonishing Drought
We are all aware by now of the effects of global warming which is soon to cause a major hazard to the earth. Unless and until we make efforts to stop or reduce greenhouse emissions we are to witness a complete shift in the ecological balance. According to David Jones the head of climate analysis at the Bureau of Meteorology the ...
Toyota IQ – Ready to be Launched in the UK in January 2009
The new eco-friendly Toyota IQ is all ready to be launched in the UK in January 2009 and will be priced at £9,495 . It has a low carbon emission of 99g/km and a combined fuel economy of 65.7mpg for the 1.0 VVT-I with manual transmission. Although it isn't a large car it is easy to maneuver and does not ...
Marek Fire, Angel Island Fire, Gay Marriage Proposition – Is California Burning for a Reason?
Judgement day comes early for California maybe? California state is burning in the north on Angel Island and in the south at Marek. The fires are different - Angel Island is, well, an island that sit in the Bay near Sodom, um, San Francisco. And we know what happened to Sodom, don't we? Well, those of us who went to Sunday ...
Paul Krugman Wins Nobel Economics Prize, And Why The Brits Have Bad Food
As a guy with a high background on economics (finance and banking) I must tell you that I'm somehow interested on how this whole financial crisis affects us. Today, I've just heard that Paul Krugman Won the Nobel Prize in Economics, but since I don't know this guy (ashamed!), I had to Google it and find out more. As to my surprise ...
