Women World Leaders Continue Making History
Posted on July 11, 2010 by admin in Politics, Women
When power-brokers ousted Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and moved Julian Gillard in to power, as Australia’s first woman prime minister, it took the number of simultaneous female world leaders to 14. This number has increased once again with Rosa Otunbayeva being sworn in as president of the troubled republic of Kyrgyzstan, taking the number of [...]
People Swim In Contaminated Ocean
Posted on July 11, 2010 by admin in Environment
Volunteer with the Emerald Coastkeeper, Ryan Heffernan, plungeded into the ocean to retrieve a bag of oily debris, off the shore in Santa Rosa Sound. She had asked BP’s HazMat-trained workers to retrieve it. She was politely told, “We can’t go in the ocean. It’s contaminated.” Read how many people are suffering from over exposure [...]
Paul Picks The Winner Again
Posted on July 11, 2010 by admin in Entertainment, Sport
It seems the entire globe became caught up in the FIFA World Cup fever. Paul, the oracle octopus whose premonitions perfectly predicted the outcome of all six German World Cup games, first generated anger from Argentinean fans who believe his pick doomed Argentina in the quarterfinals. The psychic, winner picking, octopus known for his amazingly [...]
How To Recycle The Environment
Posted on July 7, 2010 by admin in Entertainment, Environment
An artificial resort in Germany is the world’s largest indoor waterpark has been created in the world’s largest single hall to not have supports. It was built inside a 352-foot disused airship hangar, one of the largest buildings by volume. That is just the beginning. Read about abandoned rail way lines, to off ramps on [...]
How Do You Face A Hurricane?
Posted on July 7, 2010 by admin in Environment, Humour
From being doused by waves from hurricane Alex while celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary, to trying out a fabulous new pair of para gliding wings, people faced hurricane Alex in many different ways. Take a quick look at these fabulous photos…
Death of The Titans
Posted on July 7, 2010 by admin in Environment
A very unusual sight that greeted Everglades National Park rangers, when they discovered both a 1.8m alligator and a 3.9m Burmese python dead, in south Miami-Dade, Florida, a remote area of the park. The two deadliest predators of the Florida’s swamps had both died in a lethal duel. Read what is believed to have happened…
Dead Zone Increased By Oil Spill
Posted on July 7, 2010 by admin in Business, Environment
The BP oil spill and the notorious ‘dead zone’, created from nitrogen, used to fertilize corn, which leaches into the Mississippi River and out into the Gulf, is putting the Gulf area under two different threats. Up to one third of the corn production is used in the production of Ethanol Read what the increased [...]
Only Limited Information On Gulf Oil Spill
Posted on July 7, 2010 by admin in Business, Environment, Finance
Frustrated and dumbfounded by the continued lack of the most basic data concerning the 77-day-old BP Gulf oil disaster, a group of independent scientists are left twiddling their thumbs. They have produced a crash project intended to definitively measure how much oil has spilled and where and how it is spreading throughout the waters of [...]
Escape Artist Monkeys
Posted on July 7, 2010 by admin in Environment
Monkeys were born free, why should they quietly submit to being locked up for the remainder of their natural life? Determined escapee monkeys in Japan used a springy tree branch to catapult themselves over a 5m electric fence to freedom. Read how these aren’t the only monkeys to escape…
Diet Foods Hidden Killer
Posted on July 7, 2010 by admin in Health
Aspartame, a sugar substitute, is the most controversial food additive in history and its approval for use was the most contested in FDA history. The artificial sweetener was approved because of strong financial and political pressure, not on scientific grounds. It was originally listed by the Pentagon as a biochemical warfare agent. Read how the [...]
