Airplane Seating Diagram
| June 24, 2011
Author: luapo
Holding Doors – A Question of Distance
| June 24, 2011
What bears think…
| June 24, 2011
San Francisco To Outlaw Pet Stores
| June 24, 2011
San Francisco’s ever-active Animal Control and Welfare Commission has renewed its push for a pet sale ban in the city – only this time, it even covers goldfish. The idea is to put the squeeze on puppy and kitten mills that supply pet stores, and to discourage “impulse buys” of hamsters and other small pets that often wind up being dumped at shelters.
“Most fish in aquariums are either mass bred” under inhumane conditions “or taken from the wild,” commission member Philip Gerrie said. That leads to “devastation of tropical fish from places like Southeast Asia,” he said.
The Blind Man Who Taught Himself To See
| June 23, 2011
Daniel Kish has been sightless since he was a year old. Yet he can mountain bike. And navigate the wilderness alone. And recognize a building as far away as 1,000 feet. How? The same way bats can see in the dark.
Happier meals
| June 23, 2011
Four local chefs turn the most famous dish at McDonald’s into a five-star meal. We asked four chefs to turn a Big Mac combo (burger, fries and a Coke, plus lots of condiments) into a five-star dish. To our surprise, they agreed. The only rule: other than oil and water, no extra ingredients allowed.
