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The Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary is located in India’s Western Ghats mountain range. The sanctuary contains some of India’s most celebrated and endangered wildlife, including the Bengal Tiger and Asian Elephant. Other mammals include the Guar, Sambar, Slender Loris, Chital, and Leopard. The sanctuary is also rich in bird species (nearly 300 have been recorded) and butterflies. As well, the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary is one of twenty-seven reserves that are apart of Project Tiger: a program to save’s India’s last tigers and their habitats. In addition to containing some of India’s richest biodiversity (recently India has applied for the Western Ghats to gain World Heritage status), the sanctuary was at one time home to thirteen villages that increasingly affected, and were affected by, their protected surroundings. In 2002 eleven of these thirteen villages were relocated to two towns outside of the sanctuary. (original article)

On September 26th, scientists from World Wildlife Fund announced the discovery of eleven new species: one snake, two butterflies, five orchids, and three other plants in Vietnam’s biologically rich Green Corridor. The discoveries were made between 2005 and 2006. (original article)

Who’s smarter, Man or his best friend? Here’s a great video of a dog trainer teaching his dog a few tricks — or is it the other way around? Makes you wonder who’s teaching whom.

If you like the video be sure to sign up to Metacafe (if you haven’t already) and rate it high. Sign up even if you think the video stinks because Metacafe’s got a lot of great user-submitted videos.

Environmentalists and palm-oil producers are increasingly at odds. Greens groups say palm oil is driving the conversion of tens of thousands of hectares of peatlands and lowland forest in Indonesia, putting wildlife at risk, increasing the vulnerability of forests to fires, and triggering large emissions of greenhouse gases. (original article)

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Tragedy struck in Northern Ontario when a delivery truck filled with Grolsch beer swerved to miss a moose that had wandered onto the two land highway and lost 90% of its cargo.

It was about 7pm and the beer filled truck was heading north on the Trans Canada Highway to Thunder Bay when the accident occurred. The local police department released this statement

“Most animal related accidents occur in this area around dusk. The animals are unsure of the surroundings because of the poor lighting and travel from the east side of the highway to the west where there is a fresh supply of water. We are told from the truck driver, who will remain anonymous, that a large moose wandered onto the highway. The truck driver swerved into the oncoming traffic and then back into his lane narrowly missing the moose, but unfortunately lost most of the beer the truck was carrying.”

Detective Drivakos also mentioned that there are rumblings this might not be an accident. Some witnesses have said they saw a man in the woods waiting for the moose on the other side of the highway wearing a Moosehead t-shirt. There are theories that the moose was a professional and was hired by Moosehead Breweries to stop the delivery truck from reaching its destination.

Thunder Bay is a part of the Canada that hasn’t changed in over 70 years. They have two types of beer, Labat 50 and Molson Export and they are still served in the stubby bottles. Brewers see Thunder Bay as an untapped goldmine and figure the first to get there will win the beer race. Grolsch had enough beer on that truck to get every man, woman, and child drunk for weeks. Now they will have to go back to Holland and brew another batch before attempting another dangerous trek to Thunder Bay.

If anyone has any information regarding the whereabouts of a moose that fits this description

Please call the Thunder Bay Police Department immediately.

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Thanks for your comments last week.  Here’s the continuation from The Bear and The Man.  Remember to leave comments this week to let me know what Reggie should do.

Reggie decides the farther away from that bear the better.  He’ll take his chances one night in the woods.  Besides what’s the chance of running into another bear on the same day.  Reggie takes his time paddling across the lake to get to the opposite end.  He navigates up a small stream and carefully brings his canoe ashore making sure not to drag it over any large rocks.  Immediately Reggie searched for some sort of shelter or material for a shelter and wood for a fire. Using the rope he had in the canoe Reggie was able to construct a makeshift shelter with small logs and tree branches.  It wasn’t great, but it should give him some protection from the elements.

It was the beginning of fall, many of the trees had turned colour and started dropping their leaves.  The dried leaves would be perfect for catching an ember when Reggie tried to start a fire.  Reggie dug out a little pit with his bailing bucket, crumbled up a bunch of dried leaves and rigged up a wood spinning tool that would create enough friction between two pieces of wood to create a fire.  It took him a while, but Reggie was able to do it and in no time he had a fire big enough to keep him warm for the night.

Reggie made one last sweep of the area looking for any tracks or signs of bears in the area.  Content that there weren’t any he laid down under his shelter by the fire and rested his head on a life jacket.  Reggie was very hungry, but that was the least of his concerns knowing that he had to make it through the rest of tonight and then head back to the cottage to see if the bear was gone.  Reggie closed his eyes and fell asleep.

It felt like he had been asleep for hours, but it was still dark and Reggie was woken by the sound of shotguns being fired and men yelling.  Reggie rubbed his eyes and cleared his head.  What could these guys be hunting?  The bear hunt was canceled a couple of years ago and there is no hunting for deer in this area.  He peered around one of the makeshift walls of the shelter to see beams of light coming through the bushes.  The men were definitely moving in his direction, but were still far off.  Reggie could hear something quickly moving through the bushes and coming right at him.  He figured it was the animal the men were hunting.  It came bolting through the bushes right in front of Reggie and shouted “RUN!”  The animal was a man!  The fleeing stranger said no more and headed straight for the lake.

Reggie was frozen; he didn’t know what to do.

Should Reggie:

1. Run, like the man said.
2. Call out to the hunters to identify himself

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Increase your Google page rank? Increase your site’s visibility? What?

For those of you who have been on a different plant the last little while, you may, some how, not have noticed I’ve been giving away free links from this page rank 5 site, to anyone who writes a review about EverydayWeekender.com. The review can be a positive or negative review - it doesn’t matter, as long as its some sort of review of this website :).

Sound difficult? Not at all - here’s what you do:

1. Read my Increase Your Page Rank article and write a review.
2. I’ll give you a link back to your blog from this blog (Google PageRank 5 site)
3. You’ll get listed on the Cool Blogs page.

Simple isn’t it? I present to you:

Batch 15 of the reviews:

• Life’s Roller Coaster
• The Second Press
• LifeLong Sharing
• Atma Xplorer
• Tech At Hand

How to Increase Your Page Rank

All you have to do is write a review about this blog, link back to this article and link to this blog’s home page with any of the following anchor text:

• Cottage
• Food
• Weekend
• Fun

You are also free to link to anyone of my posts as part of your review.

Here’s an example of what I’m looking for:

Have you seen the crazy Google Adsense ad over at Everyday Weekender? Well you should check it out. Everyday Weekender is a fun site that talks about everything from cottage life to food. If you review his blog, he’ll link to it and help increase your page rank!

Once you post the review, let me know and I’ll give you a Page Rank 5 linkback. Send me the URL and the anchor text you want for your home page.

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Human-induced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions could alter ocean chemistry to the point where it will violate U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Quality Criteria by mid-century if emissions are not significantly reduce, reports a team of scientists writing in the September 25, 2007 issue of Geophysical Research Letters. The commentary is the first to warn that atmospheric CO2 emissions will cause ocean waters to violate EPA water quality criteria. (original article)

Rollerblades are a fantastic way to get some exercise, be outdoors, and have fun. You can go just about anywhere the pavement will take you and you’ll be surprised how easy and quick it is to get around. 123skate.com is a fantastic site based in Miami Florida that offers a huge selection of Rollerblades and Heelys.

Heelys are probably the best product ever invented for kids since Transformers. I wish I was still young enough to wear a pair of Heelys. It probably wouldn’t look to good if I was to glide past the CEO’s office at work. Again 123skate.com has a great selection of Heelys to choose from and they ship all over the US and Canada.

If you are looking to get outside this weekend, have some fun, do some sightseeing, or just wheel around the neighbourhood then check out 123skate.com for some great deals on Heelys and Rollerblades.

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This is the year I’m going to take up a winter sport instead of hibernating inside! Sounds weird from a Canadian eh? I know. I’m ashamed to say that I don’t play hockey. This year I’ve decided to take up snow boarding. I’m not in an area where there are huge mountains like in BC and Alberta, but there are some ski hills that I can hit right after work so it will be worth my while to buy a board rather then renting all the time.

Christy Sports has a huge selection of Burton snowboards and even I know if you are buying Burton you are buying a good board. You can search for your Burton by men’s or women’s Freestyle, Freeride, and Wide boards. All the Burton boards are displayed with a picture, name and price. Click on any board to get more details. Once you’ve picked the style and colour that is right for you, just specify the length and quantity then put it in your shopping cart. It’s as simple as that! You can do all your research and comparisons from the comfort of home without having to look any further then Christy Sports. Before you know it you will have your Burton snowboard. Let’s just hope the snow falls a little earlier then January this year.

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Carbon credits through forest conservation will play an important role in Aceh’s recovery from decades of civil war and the devastating 2004 tsunami, which left more than 167,000 people dead and 500,000 homeless in the Indonesia province, said Aceh governor Irwandi Jusuf in meeting in San Francisco. (original article)

Wow.. I just laughed my ass off. I was looking at my site today and noticed a google adsense ad that had me rolling on the floor.

The adsense ad appeared on my Story Telling Sunday - The Bear and the Man post. I know google is supposed to be great a picking appropriate ads for your content, but this was a little too wierd.

If you’re lucky you might still see the ad there. If it’s not there anymore, I took a screen cap of it.

Here it is:

Too funny… at least that’s what I thought

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While Costa Rica is now known as a world leader for conversation policies and ecotourism, the Central American country had some of the world’s highest deforestation rates prior to establishing its reputation. Clearing for cattle pasture and agriculture destroyed much of the country’s biodiverse rainforests in the 1960s and 1970s. (original article)

Melting sea ice has opened the Northwest Passage in the Arctic to navigation, reports the European Space Agency. The clearing allows direct access between the North Pacific and North Atlantic and could eventually be a cheaper shipping route that the Panama Canal. (original article)

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Arctic sea is thinning and disappearing, report German researchers. An Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research expedition to the North Polar Sea found that large areas of the Arctic sea-ice are only one meter thick this year — half the thickness found in 2001. The findings support concerns that large expanses of polar ice could soon disppaear from the Arctic during summer months. (original article)

Dr. John Marburger, President George W. Bush’s chief scientific advisor, said it is more than 90 percent certain that greenhouse gas emissions to blame for rising global temperatures, according to BBC News. (original article)

A coalition of environmental groups announced it will support the development of carbon trading policies that help protect tropical rainforests and other important ecosystems, noting that “conservation alone has proven no match for commerce.” (original article)