Uniquely Color Pencil Tree in Philadelphia.

If you come to North Philadelphia, do not be surprised to see the unique landscape in one of the art on going exhibition. "Colored Pencil Tree".
Is Dave Rittinger, an artist who moved to give a touch of eco-art on trees subjected to logging in there. He is listed as one of the eco-artist of the 21st century.

This idea was well received, Rittinger then move the idea of ​​a tree into a colored pencil art knacks. Felling of trees has no leaves are transformed into the leaves in the new version. Ie, leaf color pencil, with bright colors are attractive.

In his personal website, Rittinger explained that he wanted to change something that is no longer in use into products that can be enjoyed, and valued the arts. "Dave really enjoys finding unique, even in a simple way".
Rittinger has brought new life to trees that have died of this. He hoped that his work can be part of the repair environmental damage and beneficial to the beauty. New work is expected to also inspire other young artists to create other designs by utilizing the natural waste.

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STORY OF INTEREST FROM SUPER GRANDMOTHERS

1. Tamae Watanabe, 73 years old, the oldest climber of Mount Everest



A 73-year-old grandmother, Tamae Watanabe, crowned the oldest climber to conquer Mount Everest. Watanabe get that record on Saturday.

Watanabe climb left for Kathmandu, Nepal, in early April, and up the mountain to the summit.






2. Russian Girl Band consisting of grandmothers



A vocal group known as the Buranovo Grannies became a byword in Russia after being elected to represent the country in the Eurovision singing contest, as reported by the Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday (03/10/2012).

As the name 'grannies' alias 'granny', personnel "girl band" Russian style has been around 80 years old. If the age of six members of their total, the number more than 400 years.





3. Wika Szmyt, 73 years old DJ from Poland



Szmyt Wika is a 73-year-old grandmother. Although he has retired, Wika use their spare time to work as a DJ three times a week at a nightclub in Poland. Wika is also often involved in the project of modern music, where he invites people - younger people to experience music.

4. Keiko Fukuda, 98 Year Winning Judo black belt



Keiko Fukuda Sensei make history. Female 98 years has become the first woman to get degree black belt in Judo level 10. This is the highest level in the martial arts sport. In addition to women who still teaches judo in Noe Valley, San Francisco, United States, there are only 16 people in the world to achieve the highest degree in judo. Of the sixteen people were only four people who are still alive: Fukuda and the other three were men living in Japan.






6. Grandmother Peggy McAlpine daring parachute jump 104 years



A 104-year-old grandmother became the oldest person to take part in a daredevil skydiving. grandmother was named Peggy McAlpine, he has two children, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He is now awaiting confirmation by an official Guinness record Book.Nyonya McAlpine's oldest parachutist broke the record after five years ago by Mary Allen Hardison, Utah U.S. of 101-year-old.













7. Grandma Shuffle Dance



Not wanting to miss when many people are trying to shuffle dance style LMFAO, a 90-year-old grandmother was in accordance with the fun dance song Party Rock Anthem.

As if not to be outdone by his age began to eat away, grandma was eager to do the shuffle dance with though hindered by the strength of his body. No matter, what matters is slang grandmother once!

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Plane crash in Nigeria

The investigation soon revealed the cause of the crash rolled McDonnell Douglas MD-83 owned airline Air Fund in the city of Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, June 3, 2012, local time. Quoted by CNN, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority stated that the pilot had reported the occurrence of chaos signal. About a minute before the plane Abuja-Lagos route fell pierced through a number of buildings in a densely populated district. For the sake of revealing details of the cause of the crash that killed 153 passengers, the officers are still trying to find a black box that contains the taped conversations in the cockpit and flight data. While rescue workers are also struggling to collect bodies from the debris and wreckage of the building. Of all the victims, one of whom is a citizen of Indonesia, Widyo Utomo, who last year worked as a flight engineer on the airline. Minister of Transportation Nigeria, Stella Oduah, said it has formed a special team to probe the crash. While the President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, immediately declare a national mourning period for three days

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Japan became the country without atomic energy for the first time since last 40 years.

Before we know the Japanese state or country that we often call this Sakura is a country that has nuclear power plants are the most recent. But who would have thought from the brunt of the earthquake and tsunami on 11 March this year, would lead to a boomerang for his country. this time last Japanese nuclear reactor shut down, which still functioned, on Saturday, May 5, 2012.The last reactor was shut down a third reactor in Hokkaido prefecture. However, this reactor was shut down forever. Only temporarily, during routine maintenance. With this turned off the reactor, Japan became the country without atomic energy for the first time since last 40 years.Until last year, Japan gained 30 percent of power generation from nuclear energy. Hundreds of people in Japan also welcomed the temporary closure of this. They walked in the streets of Tokyo. Unfurled a banner celebrating what they want, namely the end of nuclear power in Japan.Since the Fukushima nuclear tragedy, the whole reactor at Sakura was turned off for maintenance. These reactors should be retested to resist earthquake and tsunami. And local authorities should be careful to reopen the reactors. Two reactors at Ohi, western Japan, have been declared safe. The Japanese government said the reactor was to be revived to patch up a huge energy shortage. relevant Minister has warned Japan will face restrictions on energy next summer, if the reactor was not immediately activated. Meanwhile, local authorities still approval     process again the reactor.

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