Group Camping Retreat. Camp Latieze- February 28, 2007 Camp Latieze is located in the beautifully forested foothills below the majestic Mount Lassen in Northern California. This educational and group retreat facility is available for rental by church groups, scout troops, community organizations and business groups. The camp is equipped with cabins, a full kitchen and a lodge. The knotty pine interior, wood-burning fireplace and propane fireplacehttp://surgingwaves.blogspot.com/2007/02/group-camping-retreat-camp-latieze.html White tiger cubs draw suggested names- February 12, 2007 The Buenos Aires Zoo has been swamped with thousands of suggested names for three rare white tiger cubs that made their public debut this week. The cubs two females and a male were born Dec. 23 to parents Conde and Bety at the Argentine capital zoo. The three siblings have been romping in the grass of their outdoor pen to the delight of schoolchildren out for South America's summer vacationshttp://surgingwaves.blogspot.com/2007/02/white-tiger-cubs-draw-suggested-names.html High-risk pregnancies rising in U.S.- February 12, 2007 High-risk pregnancies are on the rise in the United States and may be more common now than at any other time since modern obstetric care became available. Why More fortysomething moms are having babies, and epidemics of diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure are causing pregnancy and birth complications. But in this otherwise troubling trend is also some good news: A small but growinghttp://surgingwaves.blogspot.com/2007/02/high-risk-pregnancies-rising-in-us.html Polar bear has surgery at Memphis Zoo- February 12, 2007 As first dates go, this one didn't end well. A male polar bear who was trying to court a female polar bear apparently pushed her over the edge of a 14-foot drop while playing this week, Memphis Zoo officials said. Cranbeary, the 5-year-old female, had surgery Saturday to insert two steel plates and 26 screws to repair a broken leg. Payton, the 3-year-old male, is on loan from the Brookfield Zoohttp://surgingwaves.blogspot.com/2007/02/polar-bear-has-surgery-at-memphis-zoo.html Obesity poses larger diabetes risk than inactivity- February 10, 2007 Although obesity and lack of physical activity both raise the risk of type 2 diabetes in women, obesity appears to be the more important factor, researchers report in the journal Diabetes Care. For decades, the number of kids trying weight-loss surgery has been tiny. The operations themselves were risky, with a death rate of about 1 in 50. Children rarely got that fat, and when they did,http://surgingwaves.blogspot.com/2007/02/obesity-poses-larger-diabetes-risk-than.html Climate Scientists said 'Global warming 'very likely' man-made'- February 2, 2007 At last, the world's leading climate scientists said 'Global warming 'very likely' man-made', though I think its nothing new, just 'old wine in a new bottle'. "The observed widespread warming of the atmosphere and ocean, together with ice-mass loss, support the conclusion that it is extremely unlikely that global climate change of the past 50 years can be explained without external forcing,http://surgingwaves.blogspot.com/2007/02/climate-scientists-said-warming-likely.html |