This image captured by NASA’s Aqua satellite on October 23, 2007 and released October 24, shows the fires (marked in red) burning in Southern California. Strong Santa Ana winds were pushing smoke westward over the Pacific ocean and fires were strung along the mountains from locations near Santa Clarita, California to Tijuana, Mexico. (NASA/Handout/Reuters)
Entries from October 2007
October 12, 2007
Al Gore wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change…. read more digg story
October 1, 2007
It’s Ice Hockey Night … in India
Canada’s national game, Ice Hockey, was first introduced to the mountainous Ladakh region in 1962, by Indian army officers stationed in the region to halt the advance of Chinese invaders during the Sino-Indo Border conflict. For nearly 40 years since then, the locals played scrimmage amongst themselves with few skills, rules, coaches or equipment – [...]
