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Beefing about Carbon Here in the home of roast beef, cattle have been taking a bashing too [Jan. 25]. Yet if there's one thing this island of sunshine and showers will grow, it's grass. This is why the farmers round here have been grazing cattle on pasture for upwards of 5,000 years. Those neolithic herders had it right. Grass-fed cows don't just produce the heathiest foods, they put fertility (and carbon) back in our soil. Graham Harvey, WATCHET, ENGLAND
Papandreou says fixing Greece's mess will require rebuilding people's trust in the government. "This is more than an economic problem," he told reporters. Greece's government, he said, had a "credibility deficit" at home and abroad...
...Beefing about Carbon Here in the home of roast beef, cattle have been taking a bashing too [Jan. 25]. Yet if there's one thing this island of sunshine and showers will grow, it's grass. This is why the farmers round here have been grazing cattle on pasture for upwards of 5,000 years. Those neolithic herders had it right. Grass-fed cows don't just produce the heathiest foods, they put fertility (and carbon) back in our soil. Graham Harvey Watchet, England
...terrible conditions. In 2003, a 31-year-old man in New York City was arrested after police discovered he was keeping an adult tiger (and an alligator) as pets in his Harlem apartment. Worse, in 2001, three tigers were found caged in the backyard of a Texas mobile home - authorities discovered the animals only after one escaped and killed a three-year-old boy. "There could be a tiger across the street from you and no one would know until something happened," says Allan. (Read about Chinese tourists in Taiwan...
...also helps the Dutch spirits that their skaters bring home the hardware. Kramer won the 5,000-meter race on Saturday with a time of 6 min. 14.60 sec., setting a new Olympic record and nabbing his first gold. (American Chad Hedrick, the defending Olympic champion in this event, finished 11th; Shani Davis, the favorite in the middle-distance races, came in 12th.) Holland has now won 25 speed-skating golds in its Olympic history, tied for second with Norway behind the United States, which has 28, as the country with the most titles in the sport. Kramer is also...