Archive for May, 2008

Top 10 New Hotels Around the World

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Travel magazine Travel + Leisure has come up with its third annual list of the top 30 best new hotels of 2008 with ten of these listed below. The "It" list is compiled by editors at Travel + Leisure.   1. Banyan Tree Maldives Madivaru (beach hotel) ...

How to Dice an Onion Like a Pro

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Briefly discusses and tell you the way of chopping onions with tear-free!

Lost Parrot Tells Veterinarian His Address

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Yosuke, a parrot flew out of his cage and got lost, he did exactly what he had been taught — recite his name and address to a stranger willing to help! "I'm Mr. Yosuke Nakamura," the bird told the veterinarian, according to Uemura. The parrot also ...

Eco-themed Design - Green seats

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

  Eco-themed designs are all the rage these days, but the Peddy line of products doesn't so much try to play nicely with the environment as literally become part of it. Tokyo-based landscape design office Mindscape has developed the "living furniture for outdoor spaces" — currently ...

Japanese Facebook-style Website for Pets

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

A new Facebook-style website in Japan can help your pet find their real family, as well as friends. Pedi, which went online last month, allows owners to create profiles for their pets that include their favorite foods and tricks, post photos and blogs, and exchange messages ...

Fast Food Cooking Oil Trans Fat-Free

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

McDonald's Corp has switched to cooking oils free of trans fats in all of its restaurants in the United States and Canada. By the end of the year, McDonald's pies and other baked goods will also be free of trans fats. McDonald's, the world's largest hamburger ...

World’s Most Peaceful Nation - Iceland

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Iceland is the world's most peaceful nation. The "Global Peace Index" report compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit, ranked the United States 97th out of 140 countries according to how peaceful they were domestically and how they interacted with the outside world. Iraq, ranked lowest ...

How 15-Year-Old Russian Designer Kira Plastinina Built Her Fashion Empire

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Kira Plastinina, who will turn 16 next month, own fashion empire, named for herself "Kira" with a new store in New York and 31 come across America. Kira Plastinina likes to tell people that her first ambition was to be a princess. It was, she explains, “when I was little.” “When I ...