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New Video: Rick Ross feat. Meek Mill and Swizz Beatz “Reebok Back”

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Say what you want about this but Swizzy gotta use the scales they weigh the whales with to measure the amount of riches he brought in this year. Riding off the “Tupac Back” theme, Rozay and Meek Mill help put some new visuals to Swizz’s Reebok campaign. (via MonsterMonday) Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : MissInfo.tv Discovery Date : 27/06/2011 22:53 Number of articles : 2

New Video: Rick Ross feat. Meek Mill and Swizz Beatz “Reebok Back”

Whale Saved 10 Years Ago Reunites With Rescuers

Photo: Katya Kroch / IBJ One morning in November of 2000, a large humpback whale was found stranded on a beach near Ubatuba, Brazil, clinging to life in the crashing surf. It didn’t take long before a team of nearly one hundred fishermen, firefighters, biologists, and locals assembled and began working tirelessly to return the struggling animal back to sea — and after twelve long hours, they were successful. Still, as that whale slipped beneath the waves and out o… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Taiji Opens Season on Dolphins Today

Photo via Animal Planet Each year in early September, Japan opens season on dolphins, and today marks the start of the season in Taiji, a now notorious place for slaughtering cetaceans thanks to the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove . And of course, activist Ric O’Barry is on the move. He delivered a petition to the US Embassy in Tokyo signed by 1.7 million people from 155 countries demanding an end to … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Curious Whales Check Out Photographers with Stunning Results (Slideshow)

Photo via The Daily Mail The ocean’s whales are some of the Earth’s most massive and majestic animals, reaching sizes of up to 80 feet long and 150 tons. As the targets of centuries of whaling, they have a violent history — and are still recovering from an industry that depleted their numbers substantially. But while whales can be aggressive at times, they are more often gentle, curious creatures — and likely to check out foreign objects in the water, including boats and photographers.

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Urban Arrow: A Reinvented Cargo Bike With An Electric Boost

images via Bicycle Design We have admired Bakfiets , the big Dutch cargo bikes that carry kids around the Netherlands, before; Warren noted that they have a low centre of gravity and are very stable, and probably are a whole lot safer than kids’ seats on bikes. But they are heavier than the average bike, and much of the world is not as flat as the Netherlands. That’s why the Urban Arrow , shown on

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Urban Arrow: A Reinvented Cargo Bike With An Electric Boost

3D Look Inside Whales’ Heads Shows Negative Effects of Marine Noise

Image via UCSD What happens inside a whale’s head when it encounters sound? The mammals have highly developed capabilities of detecting and processing sound waves, something that helps them communicate over long distances, but which also spell their demise in an ocean filled with intense, loud human-generated noise. We’ve seen research that shows scientists looking into how too-loud noise can damage and even kill whales, but now r… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Russian Oil Corp Further Endangers Grey Whales With Seismic Surveys

photo: John Bruckman via flickr A follow-up to a story from a couple months back on how Russian oil and gas corp Rosneft proposed to begin seismic surveys near Sakhalin Island , in the process endangering already critically endangered grey whales. Despite public outcry, plus recommendations from scientists and 12 governments that they ought to just postpone t… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Oksana Grigorieva: Lying About Mel Gibson Attack?

Her accusations against Mel Gibson – physical violence, coupled with racist and sexist tirades – are absolutely sickening. But is Oksana Grigorieva telling the truth? That’s what law enforcement officials wonder, having “serious concerns” over Oksana’s credibility in connection with her domestic violence claim against Gibson. We’ve spent plenty of time detailing her accusations against Mel, including his viciously profane, racist tirade . But the counter-argument is she’s lying for money. Moreover, sources are saying that Mel Gibson has emails and other evidence that Oksana “tried to extract money from Mel in return for the [explosive] tapes.” Oksana Grigorieva apparently recorded several explosive arguments with the actor, with whom she split in January and has an eight-month-old daughter, Lucia. BITTER BATTLE : Who’s telling the truth, Mel or Oksana? Investigators are concerned that Oksana had contact with lawyers and judges while she negotiated a visitation agreement with Mel but never once contacted police. Oksana was represented by lawyer Eric George, the son of California Supreme Court Justice Ronald George, to handle the visitation case surrounding Mel and Lucia.

Whaling & Dolphin Hunting Not About What’s Being Killed But Who

Humpback whale breaching, photo: Christopher DiNottia . Continuing on a theme that keeps coming up on TreeHugger, the fact that an increasing number of scientists believe that cetaceans have levels of self-awareness and societal development that they should be granted rights similar to human rights : There… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Drop the Harpoon! Whale-Watching is Good Business

Photo via TopNews New research into the whale-watching industry is confirming what we’ve known all along–that the world’s largest mammal is worth more alive than it is dead . Sure, there may be a dwindling number of folks salivating at the thought of whale, think… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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