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Massive Coral Bleaching Damages 95% of Corals in Philippines

Photo via Sarah Depper As much as 95% of the corals in the Philippines have suffered bleaching after the 2009-2010 El Niño event that boosted the temperatures in the Indian Ocean and waters off Southeast Asia during the beginning of this year. Warmer water is often responsible for bleaching (the die-off of symbiotic algae living on the corals) and we usually hear about corals impacted in the Caribbean. But such a massive bleaching as this in the Philippines is a rare and particularly distressing news item as the possibility for recovery of b… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Hurricane matthew 2010

Men stand near a fisherman in La Ceiba, Honduras, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, tropical storm Matthew#39;s drenched the Caribbean coast and threatened much of northern Central America prone to disastrous flooding. Tropical Storm Matthew strengthened over the western Caribbean on Friday and was expected to hit Nicaragua and Honduras later in the day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The storm, which had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, could

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Charming Colonial Streets of San Juan to Go Car Free

Traffic into the Isleta area of San Juan, Puerto Rico, will be streamlined and limited. Image via Inhabitat . I’ve had a soft spot for Puerto Rico since taking a work trip there four or five years ago. I’d heard some negative things about the island, which many people seemed to think of as a third-rate part of the Caribbean

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Rihanna’s Gutter Body Out in a Bikini of the Day

Rihanna is fucking garbage. She’s from a poor trashy family on a beautiful Caribbean island. She’s gutter as fuck and the locals told me that the story behind Rihanna was that she was an underage prostitute at the local Karaoke bars…and her tricks landed her a record deal for someone who didn’t want to go to jail. I don’t know how true that is, but it makes fucking sense, especially when you take into account her stupid tattoos and stupid hair that scream standing in line for child support checks to support your 10 illegit kids…. It’s disgusting, she’s done, but you may dig it, cuz she’s in a bikini…. To See The Rest of the Pictures – Follow This Link GO

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Vanessa Paradis on What Makes a Good Romance and Why She Hasn’t Starred Opposite Her Husband, Johnny Depp

Here’s one notable difference between France’s film industry and America’s: Vanessa Paradis is among the country’s most famous actresses (not to mention a well-known singer and the wife of Johnny Depp), and yet she had never really made a romantic comedy until Heartbreaker , opening in the States on September 10. In it, Paradis plays a cool and collected woman about to be married who meets a romantic rogue (Romain Duris) hired by her father to seduce her and break up the wedding. She told Movieline how she lobbied to make the script more romantic, how she manages to balance all her separate careers, and why she didn’t end up in the Pirates of the Caribbean role that sounded tailor-made for her.

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Hurricane Earl path 2010 projection

Map tracking the path of Hurricane Earl, a category four storm with winds of up to 215 kilometres per hour. The powerful hurricane is hurtling toward the US East Coast, amid warnings it may cause catastrophic damage after dumping heavy rain and wind on Caribbean islands. Hurricane Earl followed a path toward the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday as the powerful storm pulled away from northeastern Caribbean islands it had pounded with winds and rain, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Forecaster

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Aaliyah Remembered By Nicki Minaj, Diddy, T.I.

‘We’ll always love you Aaliyah,’ Ciara tweets. By Mawuse Ziegbe Aaliyah Photo: Ebet Roberts/ Redferns Nearly a decade has passed since R&B icon Aaliyah’s death, and her impact is still being felt. On Wednesday (August 25), the ninth anniversary of the star’s tragic death at age 22, Missy Elliott and Drake sounded off about the later singer’s effect on music, and several of her celebrity fans took to Twitter to reflect on her enduring style and influence. Funky songstress Janelle Mon

An Island Without The Sea

From the wall of the Malec

Your Office Is Where You Are, Unless It Is A Wi-Fi Free Coffee Shop

Downbeat Cafe, Echo Park, before the WIFI ban Some have suggested that the end of the office is nigh, and that the Coffee Shop is a good alternative if you need some social interaction and a jolt of caffeine, some shops are finding that it isn’t necessarily good business and are unplugging the WiFi. According to the LA Times, when the Downbeat Cafe turned it off, “The complaints poured in, but so did the compliments: Lots of customers appreciated a wireless cup of joe.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Russian Heatwave Worst in 1000 Years – Moscow’s Daily Death Rate Doubles From Smog & Heat

Smog from ongoing forest fires, plus temperatures 25°F higher than normal have engulfed Moscow for over a week. Alexandr Solo via flickr via flickr. When the heatwave/forest fire/drought in Russia started a few weeks ago things were bad enough, with Moscow engulfed in smog the likes of which it had never seen and drought stunting crops in the countryside. Well, things have only gotten worse since then–the

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