Breathtaking Christmas Gift- A Balloon Flight Over Michigan

December 2, 2008

Westind Balloon of Michigan takes to the skies over Kensington Park in Milford and BrightonPlymouth,Michigan(RushPRnews)12/02/08– Some people on your gift list are virtually impossible to buy for. If there’s something they want, they already have it. Enter the ‘Adventure Gift.’ When you give someone an adventure like a hot air balloon ride instead of a material thing, you can be certain that the gift will be treasured and appreciated.
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From the Newseum Collection Blackbeard’s Last Stand

November 26, 2008

Blackbeard’s Last Stand

Washington, DC(RushPRnews)11/26/08-The Somali pirates who are holding a cargo ship and its crew for ransom off the coast of East Africa should pay heed to the fate of one of the world’s most notorious pirates — Edward Teach, also known as Blackbeard.
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Be a Yogi- Travel Stress-Free with JetBlue Airways

November 21, 2008

Customers Traveling Through the Airline’s New Terminal 5 At New York’s JFK Treated to Free Yoga and Stress-Reducing Exercises, Makeovers and Magic Shows On Nov. 25 and 26

NEW YORK,(RushPRnews)11/21/08 — This Thanksgiving, customers on JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq:JBLU) can enjoy the convenience of checking one bag free, freeing up time to bask in a stress-free travel experience at the airline’s brand new terminal — T5 — at its home base at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). T5 offers a spacious check-in lobby, the largest single security checkpoint in America, larger gate areas with a higher-than-average amount of seating, a wide variety of shopping and dining outlets in a 55,000-square-foot Marketplace, and free Wi-Fi service.
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Somali Pirates Capture Saudi Supertanker

November 18, 2008

Tanker capture raises alarm over Somali piracy

By  Lee Keith and Jennifer Quinn

CAIRO, Egypt (AP/RushPRnews)11/18/08 — It seems inconceivable: Somali pirates in speedboats foil warships from the world’s most powerful navies to prey on shipping lanes crucial to the oil supply. How do they do it? Basically, it’s a big ocean and no one wants to be top cop.NATO and the U.S. Navy say they can’t be everywhere, and American officials are urging ships to hire private security. Warships patrolling off Somalia have succeeded in stopping some pirate attacks. But military assaults to wrest back a ship are highly risky and, to this point, uncommon. Yet when pirates took their biggest prize to date over the weekend — a Saudi supertanker carrying $100 million worth of crude oil — it raised the stakes dramatically. The pirates struck hundreds of miles off the coast of East Africa, far out to sea where ships were presumed to be safe.
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NASA Satellites Capture Images of Southern California Wildfires

November 18, 2008

WASHINGTON(RushPRnews)11/18/08– Images from NASA satellites give a wider perspective of the full extent and devastation of the wildfires raging in Southern California. A pair of images from NASA’s Aqua satellite show the Los Angeles metropolitan area on Nov. 16, 2008. The top image posted on NASA’s Web site shows the Southern California area as a vast plume of smoke billows out over the Pacific Ocean.
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Celebrate the Environment: Remember Mother Earth this Holiday Season

November 18, 2008

WASHINGTON,DC (RushPRnews)19/11/08-Mother Earth has worked up a holiday list this year. It includes recycling leftover wrapping paper, giving energy-efficient gadgets and finding a better way to grandmother’s house.From getting there to getting rid of the extra trash, there are many ways Americans can celebrate both the holidays and the environment. In cooperation with Mother Earth, EPA is providing a few tips for this holiday shopping season: Read more

Congrats Obama: Sign the Global Message of Hope

November 5, 2008

by Ricken Patel

Obama’s win is a fresh start for US relations with the world. Let’s send a global message of hope and invitation to work together to the new President - it will be displayed on a giant wall in Washington DC:

WASHINGTON,DC(RushPRnews)11/05/08-After 8 long years of Bush, Obama’s victory brings a chance for the US to finally join with the world community to take on pressing challenges on climate change, human rights, and peace. After years, even decades of distrust, let’s seize this moment of unity, reconciliation and hope to send a message of warm congratulations and invitation to work together to the new President and the American people.
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Top British scientist says New Zealand should become “Lifeboat” for global warming survivors

October 25, 2008

New ZealandMove Over New Zealanders, Here We Come

by Dan Bloom

NEW ZEALAND(RUSHPRNEWS)10/25/08– Leading British scientist James Lovelock said in a recent radio interview in New Zealand that New Zealand is wasting its time trying to pass an Emissions Trading Scheme, or ETS for short. He said on the Radio New Zealand program during a 4-minute interview from his home in Cornwall, England that New Zealanders should put their sights on thinking of their island nation as a lifeboat for survivors of global waming events in the distant future.
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Does Beijing have SARS virus in its arsenal of biochemical weapons?

October 7, 2008

SARSUPDATE ON EARLIER COVERAGE

Taiwanese politicians attempted to wind up their Chinese counterparts TUESDAY by donning surgical masks and claiming that the SARS epidemic of 2002 was a biological warfare plot by the mainland.

Banners displaying skulls and crossbones crowded the floor of Taiwan’s parliament building after the island’s security chief, Tsai Chaoming, told a legislative committee that sources inside China suspected SARS had been a weapon.

Mr Tsai, the director-general of the National Security Bureau, added that conclusive evidence had not surfaced, but that the bureau would continue to monitor the situation.

Maybe yes, maybe no, according to press reports in Taiwan.

by Dan Bloom

TAIWAN(RUSHPRNEWS)10/07/2008 — According to recent news reports surfacing in Taiwan’s English-language and Chinese-language media, communist China– which gave the world tainted dog food, tained toys and tainted milk, not to mention a few “faked” TV moments in the 2008 Olympics — has now allegedly stockpiled SARS virus specimens as part of its biochemical weapons program. However, the allegation — a serious one, if true — has not been verified as this online report goes to screen.
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