A4Said. Village Women Welfare Org.A4S Family living in, EU, Canada, Middle East and Pakistan is helping Rural Mountain Village widows , students & elderly in Kashmir Pakistan. Join us to help the needy...
created by A4SAid | 42 wks ago 40 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
March 2010, springtime, heavy rain showers, snow and high winds batter Britain.
Scotlands ski resorts are in the perfect position to take advantage of the freak weather conditions which create some fluffy runs....
created by aaronsneddon | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 320 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
As the Olympic athletes, organizers, volunteers, employees and supporters anticipate and ready for the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, BC, many still wonder what the weather will hold for...
opinion by Jessica Tucker | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 297 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The problem is NATO could also be training an enemy as well, the rate of trained recruits that go AWOL is what would interest me? I wonder how well recruits are screened prior to being allowed to join...
I wonder how many hammers and chisel he damaged and wore out? " An Indian villager burrowed for 14 years with a hammer and chisel to cut a tunnel through a mountain so that his neighbours could reach nearby fields and he could park his truck outside his home....
Ribeirao Claro saw around 200 sportists trekking, padling and cycling (mountain bike) in their backyard. The city is famous for its crystal waters of the Xavantes Dam and the surrounding valleys and cliffs. This...
created by rafagoes | 3 years ago 148 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Mark your calendars! 4th to 6th December 2009 in Krakow, Poland. VII KFG – 7th Krakow Mountain Film Festival. The 7th Krakow Mountain Festival (KFG) starts in a month (4-6 December 2009). As always, the most important part of the festival are guests and mountain films. We...
created by himalman | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 319 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Construction on a 65-metre (213 feet) tall wind turbine is set to start on Wednesday, according to the newspaper Metro. The turbine was approved by the District of North Vancouver in October 2008 in a close vote which ended 4-3. The project was delayed in July due to safety...
At least 400 people are feared dead after typhoon Morakot buried the village Shiao Lin in Taiwan under mud. The mudslide crashed into the village on Monday, leaving only one or two houses unharmed. The bridge...
created by Annina Bergman | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 526 views | 44 recommendations | 1 comment
Of tribes and timesBindu Gurtoo, CNS Sikkim, that tiny outcrop in the eastern Himalayas, is a little jewel that makes an interesting contribution to the bewildering cultural and ethnic diversity of India. On the face of it, Sikkim has always seemed an idyllic, lost- in- the...
created by bobbyramakant | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 86 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
July 30, 2009 The Transformation Has BegunMowing, or should I say, threshing and baling of the tall grass in city parks, as well as garbage and recycling pick up has begun. It will likely take a couple of weeks...
created by skintone | 4 years ago | updated 3 years ago 4676 views | 18 recommendations | 15 comments
President Obama has put forward his budget for the new energy policy, but critics say that he hasn't put any money aside to decide what to do with the the highly toxic nuclear waste that currently exists. ""The...
created by Amy Judd | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 548 views | 16 recommendations | 3 comments
On January 11, I was on my tour to the Xiling Snow Mountain, a scenic resort located in the west of Chengdu in southwestern China, which is called "Oriental Alps" by some people. There I heard a moving story...
created by CDpanda | 4 years ago 1011 views | 0 recommendations | 34 comments
As the countdown clock ticked past 365 days Wednesday night celebrations began across the lower mainland and Whistler. The IOC and VANOC planned several events centered around the 2010 Games to...
created by TFleming | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 3468 views | 3 recommendations | 0 comments
This tragedy is still recent and not all of the information is available according to Turkish government sources. " An avalanche killed at least 10 people as they hiked on a mountain in northeastern Turkey on Sunday, the region's governor said. There were...