More random links
- The truly inspiring story of the Chinese rubbish collector who saved and raised THIRTY babies abandoned at the roadside
- "Lou Xiaoying, now 88 and suffering from kidney failure, found and raised more than 30 abandoned Chinese babies from the streets of Jinhua, in the eastern Zhejiang province where she managed to make a living by recycling rubbish. She and her late husband Li Zin, who died 17 years ago, kept four of the children and passed the others onto friends and family to start new lives. Her youngest son Zhang Qilin - now aged just seven - was found in a dustbin by Lou when she was 82."
- Oregon Man Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail -- for Collecting Rainwater on His Property
- "A rural Oregon man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail and over $1,500 in fines because he had three reservoirs on his property to collect and use rainwater. ... According to Oregon water laws, all water is publicly owned. Therefore, anyone who wants to store any type of water on their property must first obtain a permit from state water managers. ... 'They issued me my permits. I had my permits in hand and they retracted them just arbitrarily, basically.'"
- Athletes Switching Nationalities In Spotlight At London Olympics
- Given that the athletes on insert-name-of-your-favorite-professional-sports-team-here probably aren't from the region they supposedly represent, I'm not quite sure why people should particularly care here either.
- New study shows half of the global warming in the USA is artificial
- "The new improved assessment, for the years 1979 to 2008, yields a trend of +0.155C per decade from the high quality sites, a +0.248 C per decade trend for poorly sited locations, and a trend of +0.309 C per decade after NOAA adjusts the data." Basically this is a study dealing with the placement of weather stations, with apparently 90% in practice violating standards for the presence of nearby heat sources. Came out recently alongside more results from Berkeley Earth, a project I've mentioned before.