Foot doctors in a flap over flimsy flip-flop fad

The sun is shining, it's a beautiful day, wouldn't it be great not to wear socks and just put on a pair of flip-flops? We see flip-flops everywhere during the summer months and who could blame the flip-flop wearers....

'Sarkar Raj' threat to Bachchans

"It rarely happens in cinema when one family's entire fortunes are at stake. India's legendary film star Amitabh Bachchan must be the most nervous person in the film capital of India, Mumbai. He, along with his son...

Hundred hiemal swimming enthusiasts feasted in Yangtze River

2:00pm yesterday,hundred hiemal swimming enthusiasts assembled by the Yangtze River shore in Wuhan,they were parpering to swim in the river under this cold weather.The temperature of yester is -2 degree...

Vancouver Polar Bear Swim 2008

The rain is holding off today - but the weather is still as cold as you can get above freezing. Oh, and personal experience suggests that you don't try pointing out that this is potentially the mildest polar bear...

Hudson Securities announces the implementation of FIXEdge

"FIXEdge enables Broker/Dealers and Institutions to route Orders to its Institutional Trading Desk and Hudson's Automated Trading platform, using various FIX Protocols. Recently, Hudson Securities, Inc. has successfully established 22 Fix Connections to well over 3 dozen...

Man Swims at the North Pole

In an almost unbelievable effort to get leaders to take action on global warming endurance British explorer and endurance athlete Lewis Gordon Pugh has done the unthinkable - swim in the open waters at the North Pole.

"Sludgy" the Whale Stuck in Brooklyn

 Update: Poor Sludgy (Murky?), we hardly knew ye.  A baby minke whale marine experts have named "Sludgy" is swimming around Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal. Once one of the most polluted areas in the US, the...

Carving Into Ice: A Winter Fantasy

This is an interesting story about the winter ice festival in Harbean (Harbin - Common English Spelling), China.  A popular destination in the winter months when the temperature drops way down low.  All of...

Buckets of blood readied for Slovenian's Amazon swim

"LIMA (Reuters) - Few would even dare swim the Amazon river bank to bank but Slovenian Martin Strel plans to swim 3,375 miles down the world's greatest river, defying piranhas, snakes, crocodiles and even sharks. Buckets of animal blood will be loaded onto support boats to...

Damp Fur on Polar Bears

The Polar Bear Swim in Vancouver's West End was a dark and drizzly affair for all... and judging by the most of the participants, a bit fuzzy for some.

English Bay Ready for the Plunge

A new kind of Marine Life will be on display just a few miles from the Vancouver Aquarium. It's difficult to say if the words "natural habitat" apply to this annual confluence of thick-skinned breed of human. The...

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