Steve Brooker, a good man from the state of Kansas, understandably perturbed by BP’s damage to the Gulf of Mexico has had a creative epiphany. He has made printing ink of lemons and oil. Brooker is using oil from the environmental disaster to make Necklaces and print T-shirts. Some of the proceeds he will donate to wildlife groups.
In order to print the T-shirts, the oil is mixed with the ink. The necklaces come with a vial of oil attached. Prices for the pieces start at 20 bucks.
The amount which goes to environmental charities is five bucks. The customer may choose which one he prefers out of the following selection: Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research, National Wildlife Federation and the National Audubon Society.
Every shirt and necklace says Brooker, represents one small step taken to clean up the Gulf.
The T-shirts may be found at ihelpedcleanupthegulfoilspill.com.
The page reads:
“Oil used to print the t-shirts or contained in our vial necklaces won’t be in the Gulf anymore and that’s a good thing!”
“Admittedly, the amounts of oil used are small and meant to be symbolic. By purchasing our Gulf Oil Necklaces and T-Shirts you show that you are doing your part to help clean up this mess.”
Earthquakes have occurred often throughout recoded history, and some kind of adequate warning systems are yet to be developed to give people at least a few moments to exit homes or public buildings in time. Many earthquakes occur at night making the results even more calamitous. The earthquake that occurred a few years ago in Turkey occurred in the early morning hours and resulted in more than 40,000 deaths. Geophysicists and other scientists who study earthquakes often go to the source of the quake itself to try to determine just what actually caused it. One thing that has been found in regards to what causes a major quake to happen is when a number of relatively minor disturbances occur in a particular area, and are followed by a period of calm. Since earthquakes are caused by a shifting of the plates in the earth’s crust, it may be correct that a number of minor earthquakes of around 2-3 magnitude cause a weakness in the earth’s crust that can result in a much more powerful quake occurring later on. Some minor earthquakes are so quiet that they are not even heard of felt and are only picked up on sensitive recording devices like a Richter scale.
In today’s modern society, children are often under a lot of stress, both in school and afterwards. Whether it’s due to problems with homework, peer pressure (much of it financial or fashion oriented) or just ordinary everyday stress, many children are discovering an excellent way to cope with life’s problems. And that “discovery” is yoga. Since yoga exercises can often been done in a limited space like in a living room or den, a bedroom, or similar area, practicing yoga for even half an hour per day can help kids relieve a lot of stress, and help develop their bodies at the same time.
They’re around you every day; and in fact you and your family use and consume products that in the long run can be just as deadly as weapons that kill and maim people in the millions. We are not referring to guns, knives, and poisons such as arsenic, cyanide or other kinds of poisons used to eradicate rodents and other kinds of pests. The products referred to here range from detergents and cleaning compounds to deodorants and cosmetics to even seemingly harmless food and beverage items.