Top: Close-up view of their ad. Click to see complete background of the ad. The image was downloaded from Ford's site and was available here (ZIP file) at the time of posting.Left: The complete full-page ad from The Hindustan Times, June 25, 2007.I woke up this morning to find this shocking full-page ad in the newspaper. My first thought: "Could they be any more INSENSITIVE?" What were they think
ST. PETERSBURG - Greg Cooper recently planted a perfect lawn. It is greener than any pool table, greener than any lawn you have ever seen. Chinch bugs leave it alone. Ditto for weeds. The lawn never needs water, fertilizer or pesticides.One other thing. The lawn at 6547 Fifth Ave. N requires no mowing."I hate mowing," Cooper says. In the near future he hopes to demolish the hated Craftsman 6.0 R
Wind is the movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure. In fact, wind exists because the sun unevenly heats the surface of the Earth. As hot air rises, cooler air moves in to fill the void. As long as the sun shines, the wind will blow. And as long as the wind blows, people will harness it to power their lives.
Ancient mariners used sails to capture the wind and e
Three basic conditions can lead to natural mummification: extreme dryness or aridity (as in deserts), and extreme acidity (as in bogs) and extreme cold (as on mountains) which essentially freeze dries the body. In all cases, it is the harsh conditions that halt bacterial destruction of the corpse and lead to natural mummification. Perhaps the most famous of these “freeze dried” mummies is Ötzi th
We collect natural human hair from India to make Crowning Glory hair extensions. In India devotees offer their hair to their very much revered Gods to please them. This is a ritual. The hair is protected by Indian ladies by using only natural oils such as coconut oil, naturally medicated fumes (fumigation) and naturally prepared Henna. Indian ladies never bleach their hair with any chemicals.
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Since the late 19th century, adventurous spirits have been fascinated with the ascent of the highest mountain in the world. Mt. Everest rises to an imposing 8850 meters (29,030 feet), and after 29 years of numerous attempts, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first people to stand on the elusive summit on May 29, 1953. These courageous climbers ascended through to the South C
Global warming may or may not be a problem. Man may or may not be driving it. Given the uncertainties, a significant amount of global regret may apply if we divert too much of our global wealth to solving what may be a non-existent or trivial problem, especially if that diversion mires billions in poverty. On the other hand, we may also regret not doing anything if man-made global warming does