Glen Mills just forwarded this one:
Olympic nightmare: A red tide in the Yellow Sea
BEIJING: With less than six weeks before it plays host to the Olympic sailing regatta, the city of Qingdao has mobilized thousands of people and an armada of small boats to clean up an algae bloom that is choking large stretches of the coastline and threatening to impede the Olympic competition.
www.iht.com/.../china.php
Then there was this:
Olympics clean-up Chinese style: Inside Beijings shocking death camp for cats
Thousands of pet cats in Beijing are being abandoned by their owners and sent to die in secretive government pounds as China mounts an aggressive drive to clean up the capital in preparation for the Olympic Games.
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Olympics-clean-Chinese-style-Inside-Beijings-shocking-death-camp-cats.html
This was early on, but it sounds like they will have as much as half the amount of cars on the road by banning all government workers from driving:
Olympians air a gripe about Beijing
March 12, 2008
Matt Reed was 1,500 meters into the last segment of the triathlon when he found himself gasping for oxygen. His legs were still pounding away at the pavement, his body pumped up after cruising through the swimming and cycling contests, but his lungs were shutting down.
The 32-year-old triathlete from Boulder, Colo., blames air pollution for triggering his asthma attack during the September track meet.
articles.latimes.com/.../fg-olyair12
It's no wonder cats are generally malevolent beings if they get such silly names.
Mr Furball
Cottonfeet
Sooty
GAH!
Rex
Rover
Ben
Buddy.
Much better names and suited to dogs, and at least they love you.
Other than the dogs I had as kids, which my mom named, I've had good dogs with good names. My avatar is Jackson, we also had a Guinness (a shepherd/retriever mix-105 pounds and all black) and now we have a Yellow Lab puppy named Radar! Dogs are good and I'm allergic to cats. My parrot can say, "Here kitty kitty kitty!"
It's no wonder cats are generally malevolent beings if they get such silly names.
Mr Furball
Cottonfeet
Sooty
GAH!
Rex
Rover
Ben
Buddy.
Much better names and suited to dogs, and at least they love you.
Other than the dogs I had as kids, which my mom named, I've had good dogs with good names. My avatar is Jackson, we also had a Guinness (a shepherd/retriever mix-105 pounds and all black) and now we have a Yellow Lab puppy named Radar! Dogs are good and I'm allergic to cats. My parrot can say, "Here kitty kitty kitty!"
