Archive for the 'Environment' Category

Those who control oil and water will control the world - Digg

New superpowers are competing for diminishing resources as Britain becomes a bit-player. The outcome could be deadly
I have long been saying that it was water not oil that really matters in the world.  If you have ever thought Tibet was about land you would be greatly mistaken, unless you were referring to the watershed from [...]

114-year-old Dallas woman dies nine days after birthday

Arbella Perkins Ewings blew out all 114 candles on her birthday cake on March 13 and quietly took part in the celebration that comes with being the third-oldest person in the world.
There was a proclamation from Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert, speeches by friends and family, TV cameras and a roomful of well-wishers.
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More Vatican Contradictions

Vatican sex guide urges Catholics to do ‘it’ more often
By Julian Coman
Last Updated: 12:32am BST 31/10/2004
A Vatican-sanctioned sex guide is encouraging churchgoers to make love more often in an effort to offset “impotence and frigidity” and address papal concerns over declining birth-rates among Italian Roman Catholics.
The controversial book, It’s A Sin Not To Do It, [...]