NZ airline flies jetliner partly run on veggie oil

What a great way to bring 2008 to a close, check it out!

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A passenger jet powered in part by vegetable oil successfully completed a two-hour flight Tuesday to test a biofuel that could lower airplane emissions and cut costs, Air New Zealand said. Read the story here, http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081230/D95D1U100.html

The world needed to see what I was witnessing

Wow, I just read a shark finning story and the author had the same emotion I had, and I only saw the video, this guy, like Rob Stewart,
actually watched and filmed the real thing.

"Something changed in me that day, something that would grow inside and drive me to dedicate my life to ending the short-sighted destruction of marine environments and first and foremost, by halting the shark fin trade." (Shawn Heinrichs - Founder & Executive Producer, Blue Sphere Media) See the story here, http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/10/the-world-needed-to-see-what-i-was-witnessing/



I'm asking you all to stand up for what is right. People, no matter what your cause is, support it with all you have.

Former Playboy Playmate Vanessa Carbone Stages Naked Protest Against Japanese Whaling

The Argentinian model was among a group of protesters demanding that the Chilean government create a whale sanctuary in the country’s territorial waters. Stripped down to nothing more than a skimpy thong, she unsurprisingly drew the most attention from passers-by. Read here, http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/12/02/former-playboy-playmate-vanessa-carbone-stages-naked-protest-against-japanese-whaling/