The Litter

WDCS and Partners Announce Conservation Education Campaign for Youth in the Wider Caribbean Region

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 03/25/2008

To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS Contact: Courtney S.

• WDCS and Partners Announce Conservation Education Campaign for Youth in the Wider Caribbean Region - PR News Wire

Pick of the litter carts

Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 03/25/2008

WANNABE racing drivers have put waste and junk to good use - by making speedy carts for a race.

Despite Kenya peace deal, ethnic tensions simmer

Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/25/2008

Nearly three months after the worst massacre of Kenya's post-election violence, children's shoes and charred clothes remain in the ashes of a rural church where about 30 people were burned to death. Wreaths of dried-out flowers lie where a mob set fire to the Assemblies of God building with 100 or so terrified villagers cowering inside.

Pollution

I didn't mean to but... (Free subscription) | 03/25/2008

Sunday morning, some thoughtless organisation saw fit to pollute the Itchen River, and presumably elsewhere in Southapton. The Itchen River was dotted with red balloons, like these you see in the picture, part of the fallout from what must have been a mass balloon launch in Southampton. Surely there should be a ban on this kind of thoughtless litter ? I rescued the few balloons I could reach, and saw...

Latino Network at the Balthazar Ortiz Center (03/21/08)

PortlandOnline (Free subscription) | 03/24/2008

Ten Minutes With Tom: Latino Network at the Balthazar Ortiz Center(March 21, 2008) On Friday, March 21, Mayor Potter met with members of the Latino community at the Balthazar Ortiz Center in Cully (6736 NE Killingsworth). The meetings were convened by and hosted by . Instead of the traditional format featuring one-on-one meetings, Latino Network requested a community based meeting format - with participants...

Anti-War Demonstration in Kingston

Harleys, Cars, Girls & Guitars (Free subscription) | 03/24/2008

The Karaoke Queen and I encountered this anti-war demonstration at the mall in Kingston. About 20 protesters stood beside Route 9W, holding placards and gesturing at motorists as they passed by. A few of the protesters were familiar faces from...

Retraining a Cat

Footprints on the Moon (Free subscription) | 03/24/2008

How? I don't know what to do!! I know I’ve posted about this on multiple occasions in the past, but I’m hoping if I post about it enough times, someone will come along and have the magic answer to make it all better! I have a little redheaded kitty cat that is about to need [...]

Frazzled Catfish Balls

Scheiss Weekly. Just as it says. (Free subscription) | 03/24/2008

Tomorrow begins the week of midterm exams. It's quite stressful for my students, but very boring for me. I would far rather actively teach and lead discussions than just sit there and watch people filling in little bubbles, erasing frantically, and occasionally bursting into tears. I want to tell them not to worry so much. It's just a piece of paper. No piece of paper will ever be as important as YOU...

The war puppies of Anbar

PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 03/24/2008

NCT: When Marines in Border Transition Team 1/5/2 returned from deployment in Iraq on Saturday morning, something very special was waiting for them. View A Video Seven Iraqi puppies, raised by the Marines, were reunited with their owners at the Rancho Coastal Humane Society in Encinitas. Except for the cameras, the crowd that had gathered could have been any group of dog lovers. The seven white puppies...

A venti and a calico

Sore Eyes (Free subscription) | 03/24/2008

Jon Carroll on an inspired business idea: According to a Reuters news story, pointed out to me by reader Dennis Courtney, there are at least three cat teahouses in greater Tokyo. One of them, the Cat Cafe Calicos, has 14 calico cats (no Siamese need apply) ready to serve customers who want to cuddle up with [...]

$500,000 Dyke Marsh study begins

Physorg (Free subscription) | 03/23/2008

The National Park Service is starting a $500,000 probe to find ways to improve and maintain the Dyke Marsh in Alexandria, Va., it was reported Saturday.

• $500,000 Dyke Marsh Study Begins - Science - The Post Chronicle

Halos & Pitchforks for March 22 --

Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | 03/23/2008

Glowing Halos and much thanks to Shaun and all the Public Works roadside crews - from the end of Route 30 West, all the way East to Brewer's Bay. The roadsides are beautiful. Your hard work is very much appreciated. This main road has never been so completely "kept" and cared for - ever!

Tension tells on Bolton after Man City draw

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 03/23/2008

Bolton Wanderers (0) 0 Manchester City (0) 0For cold, abject, footballing poverty you had to join the shivering thousands as they watched their Bolton team slide closer to the doom-laden prospect of relegation from the Premier League. James Mossop reports from the Reebok Stadium.

Learning to make paper bags

Hindu (Free subscription) | 03/23/2008

CHENNAI: A group of women from T. Nagar got together recently to learn how to put to good use an old pile of newspaper by turning them into paper bags. “Paper bag making was a big business some years ago when the government had ...

Top 5 Botched PC Game Launches Ever

Voodoo Extreme (Free subscription) | 03/23/2008

The girls over at 1Up count down five of the worst PC game launches ever. While I might not rate...

• Top 5 Botched PC Gaming Launches - 1UP