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Cocaine 101: "Stepping Over The White Line".
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorScarFace, Miami Vice, Cocaine Cowboys all show the Fast Life, Fast Money, Fast Cars, Fast Babes and even the Faster Downside when Coke Dealers "Step over that imaginary...
Banks of Human greed
Many Indian cities were established near the rivers. These rivers used to be treated as a godess 'The giver of life' and were subject of much reverance to the extent, temples were built at the banks. In...
Bush administration bars drilling in Arctic wetland
The Bush admin is really on a roll lately. Now they have proposed keeping oil-rich wetlands in the Arctic off-limits to drilling because of their ecological sensitivity.This certainly is a change of direction for...
Finland: Cold Nights Continue - Frost Threatens B...
"Weather forecasters say frosty nights are to continue. The cold conditions also pose a threat to berry crops.This week's lowest temperature was recorded on Thursday night at Enontekijä in northern Finland where the...
Alaska hunters fret about polar bear ruling
Indigenous Alaskan hunters are worried about the US decision to list polar bears as a threatened species. They are concerned that they will not be allowed to hunt the animals that they rely on for food and...
Endangered parrots born in captivity reproduce in...
Endangered scarlet macaws born in captivity are reproducing in the wild for the first time on Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast.The ZooAve Center for the Rescue of Endangered Species has released 100 of the birds...
The physical impossibility of Noah's Ark
"It was a mighty ark. 140 metres long according to the Bible. However most scientists agree that still would not have been enough to hold the millions of species that have been discovered on earth.As next week's meeting of the UN Convention on Biological...
Environment: Just In
Canada invisible as brands go global
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorDoes it surprise any Canadian that very few can name a product "Made in Canada" Brand?With Global World Markets and Big Money scrambling to purchase items from...
The physical impossibility of Noah's Ark
"It was a mighty ark. 140 metres long according to the Bible. However most scientists agree that still would not have been enough to hold the millions of species that have been discovered on earth.As next week's meeting of the UN Convention on Biological...
Banks of Human greed
Many Indian cities were established near the rivers. These rivers used to be treated as a godess 'The giver of life' and were subject of much reverance to the extent, temples were built at the banks. In...
Up to 1/3 of World's Wildlife Wiped Out Since 1970
These statistics are almost impossible to believe. We've lost more than a quarter, and possibly up to a third, of the world's wildlife in the past 40 years alone. At a current extinction rate of 1% per year, that...
Cocaine 101: "Stepping Over The White Line".
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorScarFace, Miami Vice, Cocaine Cowboys all show the Fast Life, Fast Money, Fast Cars, Fast Babes and even the Faster Downside when Coke Dealers "Step over that imaginary...
Bee symposium broaches barcodes on bugs
Bee experts are abuzz at York University this week, discussing a plan to put barcodes on bees for targeting crop pollination."International bee experts have converged on Toronto to develop a plan to catalogue all...
Bush administration bars drilling in Arctic wetland
The Bush admin is really on a roll lately. Now they have proposed keeping oil-rich wetlands in the Arctic off-limits to drilling because of their ecological sensitivity.This certainly is a change of direction for...
