"Two months from today, the White House packs up the Bush Family belongings and moves in those of the Obama’s. And it seems President Bush is accepting the ever-nearing end of his term in good spirits. “He’s usually in a good mood,” said Press Secretary Dana Perino on...
" Woman Risks Her Life for the Wolf Man She Loves There is hunger in the forest at night. A wild cry is heard beyond the trees as darkness falls. It is the witching hour of stealth and surprise,...
Jim Webb, the Virginia senator and former Republican who packs his own heat most places, has withdrawn himself from consideration as Barack Obama's Democratic vice presidential running mate." In a statement...
This is a great interview with John Holdren, a professor of environmental policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and lawyer Stephen Susman who is representing Kivalina islanders, Native Alaskan people who have to be moved, because of global warming, to the...
created by kferaday | 1 year ago 221 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
" A ray that kills its prey with a giant electric shock has been found off the coast of Britain. The marbled stingray, which generates a power surge so hard it is like being plugged into the mains, ...
created by sweet east pearl | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 284 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
Bottled Water Causes Wrinkles and Makes you Look Old! So you want to be hydrated to look young? Drinking bottled water all day can cause wrinkles around you lips and sourounding areas more than if you were a...
There
simply is no chance of an independent, honest investigation into the
assassination of Musharaff rival and former Prime Minister Benazir
Bhutto. And, there's not much chance of independent news, either, given
the approved beatings of journalists.Pakistan is a nuclear...
created by PEP | 1 year ago 351 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Holy sand": I must remember that one."Police stopped the man at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport as he was transiting on a flight from South America, Robert Van Aapel, a spokesman for the Dutch Royal Military Police...
created by insaniac | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 600 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Toshiba announces a groundbreaking alternative to hydrogen fuel cells......"December 13, 2007 Toshiba have stunned the world with their announcement of what's pretty much the holy grail in Lithium battery technology – the Super Charge ion Battery, which recharges up to 90%...
This young man says it best " All I want to do is wake up in my own place, make a coffee" instead of waking up in an alley and going to a Mission at 10am and waiting 20 minutes for a coffee. I am not...
"If It Hits Bangladesh, Hundreds of Thousands Could Die Cyclone Sidr, which is a hurricane of at least Category 3 strength, could track toward Bangladesh and repeat episodes of destruction that have...
created by steve468 | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 1827 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
"People selling three-bedroom homes in England and Wales must now use Home Information Packs (Hips).
The controversial measure was first introduced for four-bedroom homes at the beginning of August.
The packs, which include energy performance certificates (EPCs) for the...
created by liamssoft | 2 years ago 165 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Yes, that’s right, 5K year old chewing gum and not a chair or counter underside in sight.
It turns out that Neolithic people (c. 4000-5000 BC) found that by chewing this stuff, cob of Birch tree bark, when...
Hopefully people will not use the intervening 12 months to stock up their garden sheds."A group of councils and "green waste" companies has succeeded in persuading an environmental regulator to block householders'...
created by Tom van B | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 449 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments