Archive for October, 2009
When the show can’t go on
Posted on October 23, 2009 - Filed Under Animal Welfare, Current Affairs | 4 Comments
United Press International (UPI) reported yesterday a rather shocking story of an ice-skating Russian circus bear that killed a trainer during rehearsals for a “Bears on Ice” show by the renowned Russian State Circus, which was on tour in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan. The circus bear was later shot dead by the police. [...]
The joys and pains of personal blogging
Posted on October 16, 2009 - Filed Under Lifestyle, Technology & The Net | 4 Comments
Internet technology has made it possible for thousands of people to have their personal spot in cyberspace, be it on Blogger, WordPress, Typepad, or any other blog platform. Thus, the proliferation of online journals, popularly known as blogs. Everybody, it would seem, wants to be Doogie Howser, M.D. These past few years, we have seen [...]
