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The Times - China and Burma: a seismic shift China responds to disaster with compassion; Burma remains criminally negligent

Two terrible natural disasters have affected two neighbouring countries within eight days. In Burma, the cyclone that left up to 100,000 people dead or injured now threatens the lives of thousands more people because of the [...]

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The temperature’s rising, it isn’t surprising, she certainly can — can-cannot handle this.

Yahoo Weather - SEVERE WEATHER ALERT

AFTER A COOL AND CLOUDY SPRING IN WESTERN WASHINGTON…A DRAMATIC SHIFT TO HOT AND SUNNY WEATHER WILL TAKE PLACE STARTING THURSDAY. THE HOTTEST LOCATIONS ON THURSDAY WILL BE ALONG THE COAST…WHERE [...]

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The Times - There will be blood around here too LA Notebook: under my feet lies my fortune. But how exactly am I going to get it out? By Chris Ayres

It’s easy to forget that LA was an oil town long before it was Tinseltown. As recently as the 1950s, a young George Bush [...]

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Lisa Schiffren:

Time Magazine, of all peace-mongering publications, has a huge article outlining the case for invading Burma in order to save as many as possible of the probably 1 million people at risk for death by starvation, disease, and exposure in the wake of last week’s typhoon. It is a tragedy that [...]

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Times Online - At least 8,600 people are killed in China earthquake

Thousands of people were reported killed today when China’s worst earthquake for 30 years struck a densely populated area in Sichuan province. The massive quake, measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, flattened schools, offices and houses in the southwestern [...]

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Times Online - Burma cyclone: junta backtracks on allowing aid flights

Burma’s military junta appeared to have backtracked today on a decision to give the US military permission to fly in relief supplies for the survivors of Cyclone Nargis and continued to block a major international effort to deliver emergency food aid. [...]

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Unlucky thirteen.

Times Online - Aid workers fear Burma cyclone deaths will top 50,000

Foreign aid workers in Burma have concluded that as many as 50,000 people died in Saturday’s cyclone, and two to three million are homeless, in a disaster on a scale comparable with the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Katrina, eat your heart out.

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The Times - Scientists stare into eyes of a giant squid

The biggest squid to be captured had a face that only a mother, or perhaps a marine biologist, could love —- until, perhaps, one had gazed into its eyes, which were said yesterday to be the largest on the planet.

Heh.

After days [...]

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Telegraph - Getting dug in at Highgrove for the Prince of Wales

Goodenough, 47, has just been awarded one of the most demanding jobs in horticulture. Highgrove is the Prince of Wales’s sanctuary, and its garden the place where he gives free expression to his interests and beliefs. Working for a [...]

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I saw a story on the Fox News webpage last night that Sam’s Club was limiting shoppers to 4 20lb bags of rice at a time, because people are trying to stock up in the face of rising food costs. Rising food costs I don’t care about, but buying up all the rice? That’s my [...]

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Professor Bob Carter from James Cook University in Queensland, talks to Nzone Tonight’s Allan Lee about how ordinary people can try and find out the truth about Climate Change and global warming. (Nzone Tonight is broadcast on Shine TV, Sky Digital NZ Channel 111, 6.30 and 9.30 weeknights)

Curtsy: Brett McS.

Obviously there are more [...]

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I promised whale watching pics off of Peter’s camera. There are pictures of whales that were closer (ooh, were they closer!) but I liked this sequence cuz Peter had his finger down on the ol’ repeatin’ shutter:

And, while we were on that sunset whale watching cruise, with its open bar, mai tais, and plastic cups [...]

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Telegraph - Cure for acne found, say scientists

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The Times - Global warming? Scotland sees its best snow in a decade

Only a year after experiencing its worst season, the CairnGorm Mountain resort near Aviemore is defying the doomsayers of global warming and predictions of its demise. The car park is full and the slopes busy. When the sun [...]

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After a fun weekend, we’re back (I’m back, Peter’s being dragged along) to doing useful stuff: lampshades, pillows, dishes, utensils, armchair, fake flowers, fake plants, cooking utensils, a jar to put them in, and other stuff like that.

But Twitter-readers will have noticed we went whale watching Friday night. Peter has all the better pictures on [...]

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