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Honey, I Sunk the Maldives! Environmental changes could wipe out some of the world's most well-known travel destinations.
Honey, I Sunk the Maldives
Environmental changes could wipe out some of the world's most well-known travel destinations
By Megan Angelo
As if an eroding worldwide economy weren’t enough to depress travel this year, some hot spots are facing even scarier scenarios: sinking, melting, or literally vanishing from the face of the earth. Thanks to global warming and tourist wear and tear, locales from the Galápagos Islands to Croatia’s Dalmatian coast are breaking down.
Maldive Islands
Country: Republic of Maldives
At stake: $490 million
On the Ground: This chain of islands in the Indian Ocean is about three feet above sea level, and scientists fear it could be submerged by 2050.
Questions for Obama's science guy
Questions for Obama's science guy By Jeff Jacoby Globe Columnist / January 18, 2009 (Boston Globe) IN NOMINATING John Holdren to be director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy - the position known informally as White House science adviser - President-elect Barack Obama has enlisted an undisputed Big Name among academic environmentalists. Holdren is a physicist, a professor of environmental policy at Harvard, a former president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, director of the Woods Hole Research Center, and author or coauthor of many papers and books. He is also a doom-and-gloomer with a trail of erroneous apocalyptic forecasts dating back nearly 40 years - and a decided lack of tolerance for environmental opinions that conflict with his.Thanks A Lot Global Warming Scientists!
Lets Just Call it a Day Folks!
That's nice. For years you claimed we needed to do something about global warming but you were afraid to use tough language cause it might scare us!
Coats for Cubs: Give furs back to animals
Found this one on Buffalo Exchange: http://www.buffaloexchange.com/bulletins_det.php?Bulletin_ID=743 COATS FOR CUBS All Locations Nov 1, 2007 to Apr 22, 2008 Give your furs back to the animals! Now through Earth Day, bring your real fur apparel, including trims, accessories and shearling to your local Buffalo Exchange and let us know it’s a donation for Coats for Cubs. Since you're donating to The Humane Society of the United States, condition is unimportant.It's a Dog's Life
It’s a Dog’s life
Date August 2, 2007
“Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.” -Ann Landers
“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” -Will Rogers
“There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.” -Ben Williams
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” -Josh Billings
“The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” -Andy Rooney
“We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love we can spare.And in return, dogs give us their all. It’s the best deal man has ever made.” -M. Acklam
“Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate.” -Sigmund Freud
“I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.” -Rita Rudner
“A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.” -Robert Benchley
“Anybody who doesn’t know what soap tastes like never washed a dog.” -Franklin P.
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