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FIRST VIDEO OF NEW SPECIES OF MALAYSIAN CLOUDED LEOPARD

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

The Sundaland Clouded Leopard is a new recently described species discovered in the Dermakot Forest Reserve in Malaysia. The Clouded Leopard is one of the most elusive of all cat species, and is rarely encountered. Almost no studies in their ecology have been conducted. For the first eleven months of an intial study the research group never encountered a single leopard. Then, they suddenly came upon a Sunderland Leopard walking along a road, and were able to record it on a video. To read this fascinating article and see this amazing video, CLICK.

Tiny South Pacific Nation Gets Laptop for Every Child

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

The tiny South Pacific nation of Niue became the first nation in the world to provide laptop computers for all its children. A US-based charity, OLPC (One Laptop for Every Child) provided funding for specially designed computers which are waterproof and relatively breakproof. The donation of some 500 computers to the island nation, which has a population of about 1500, includes 500 children. The “Little Green Laptops” have a wireless connection to the Internet. This initiative is an offshoot of one of the programs at MIT, and is supported by businesses which include Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporations and Google. The laptops were designed for primary children, ages six to twelve, but will also be given to high school students in Niue, where the islanders will also have free internet access. To read the full story CLICK HERE.

Top Ten Reasons Why Alexander Was Great!

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

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