(Can’t wait for this movie to come out… Did you know that Heath Ledger plays the Joker?)
Here are a few things I’ve been reading that might be interesting in a topsy-turvy world…
Resentment follows Chinese violence in Seoul
China on Tuesday defended the right of Chinese students in South Korea to protect the Olympic torch, amid a brewing diplomatic row after protesters clashed during the flame’s journey in Seoul.
… Public anger is growing over Sunday’s violence, recorded on widely circulated video clips, in which Chinese students attacked Koreans staging protests at Beijing’s rights record.
B.C.’s Emily Carr art institute to become university
British Columbia will soon have a new university focusing on visual arts, design and media arts.
Legislation will be introduced in Victoria this week to make the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design a university, Premier Gordon Campbell announced Monday.
It will be the province’s 10th degree-granting university.
There are more than 4,000 students at Emily Carr, studying drawing, painting, animation, film, TV, gaming and product design.
How to Become an Eco Bounty Hunter
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), over 125 million cell phones are thrown away each year, which amounts to about 65,000 tons of waste. Despite the numerous electronics reclamation and recycling programs, consumers still tend to dump their old phones into a rubbish bin rather than take them to a phone recycling center. Why? Because consumers are inherently lazy.
Giant Stingrays Found Near Thai City
Recreational fishers and biologist Zeb Hogan (wearing cap) hold a live, 14-foot-long (4.3-meter-long) giant freshwater stingray the fishers caught in the Bang Pakong River in Chachoengsao, Thailand, on March 31, 2008.
After weeks of combing remote Southeast Asian rivers for giant freshwater stingrays—possibly the largest freshwater fish in the world—Hogan finally found the creature near a Thai city. To his surprise, she gave birth soon after capture. (Read full story.)
That’s some interesting news… YOu seem to like very strange news!