A Great Way to Celebrate

Hiere is a very inspiring piece of news I read online on Yahoo.com. If all the people in the world were even half as active as this woman is there would be no obesity at all. 100-Year-Old Woman Celebrates Birthday Skiing | ABC News Blogs - Yahoo! http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/100-old-woman-celebrates-birthday-skiing-200918940.html Elsa Bailey may be 100 years  old, but that didn't stop her from hitting the slopes last weekend to celebrate her birthday in true snow bunny fashion. "It was something that I planned years ago," Bailey, of Colorado Springs, Colo., told GoodMorningAmerica.com. "That on my... Read the full story

Tornado Kills 6 in North Texas

This is the season of thunderstorms and tornadoes. Every year when the season hits Texas or any other part of America there is widespread devastation and deaths. Even in the most advanced nation, nature reigns supreme. Nobody can stand up to nature and combat devastation.

Motorcycle Funeral Escort Killed

The motorcycle rider who went to this funeral procession didn't expect that it might well become his also. He was leading the procession and a car hit him killing him on the spot. Sad for his family and the funerary members, it seems to be a day of double sorrow. May god give them the strength to tide over the sad times.

Giant African Land Snails Arrive in Houston

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The above video displays a news report about the occurrence of the giant African Land Snails in Houston, TX. The news report reveals who found these animals and the dangers associated with handling the animal but doesn't say how these animals got to America. These animals are land snails so they couldn't have swam their way from Africa to America! Someone must have brought a few of these creatures alive for breeding and possibly to sell their colorful shells, now that many of these are running wild it would be difficult to find them and prevent them from infesting the rest of the country.

Hiking in Lake Ray Roberts State Park

It was an evening well spent on the banks of Lake Ray Roberts in the State Park. Though I walked only about 3.5 miles in the lush green forests of the Lake Ray Roberts State Park the experience was definitely worth while. I am glad I have been buying the Texas State Park Pass every year, this enables me to enter any state park in the state of Texas absolutely free.


Anyway earlier this evening I just decided to go there and take a dip in the cool waters of the lake. Drove down to the state park and found that I was among the handful of visitors there. I decided to walk one of the trails there before hitting the water and so was off on the Randy Bell Scenic Trail which is about 2.7 miles long but since I took several detours to get by the lake waters, I probably walked a good 3.5 - 4 miles.


The trail is moderately hilly and completely paved so it is impossible to trip, fall or lose the way. Moreover being surrounded by thick undergrowth, trees, and grasses there is lot of wildlife sighting opportunities. Today I saw several white tailed deer, which are not scared of humans at all, they continue to graze unperturbed even as people walk along the trail. Even the animals know they are safe in the park, if it were in a different setting, the deer would be shot and eaten.

Medical Deportation - American Style

Illegal immigration is a huge problem across the world. Almost every peaceful and prosperous nation is facing this problem of people from its poorer neighbors illegally entering and living in the country. The problem has been highlighted most in the United States which hosts over 12 million illegal immigrants and their legal born children. There is a huge cost to the tax payers in terms of public services, welfare, healthcare, education and other services that these illegal immigrants enjoy but don't pay for.
Anyway according to this article published online, hospitals in the United States are dealing with this problem in their own way. Illegal immigrants who land up in the hospital with serious injuries are quietly deported to their home country and their files closed. These hospitals are taking the law into their hands, immigration is a federal offence, but then the immigration system in the US is broken beyond repair. Instead of waiting for the government to take action some hospitals in the country and taking matters into their hands so their profits wont be sapped up by the illegal immigrants.

US hospitals send hundreds of immigrants back home - Yahoo! Finance

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-hospitals-send-hundreds-immigrants-134323606.html Days after they were badly hurt in a car accident, Jacinto Cruz and Jose Rodriguez-Saldana lay unconscious in an Iowa hospital while the American health care system weighed what to do with the two immigrants ... Read the full story

New Challenge to American Hospitals

America prides itself for its healthcare system - among the world's best. This is being challenged by small insects - bed bugs. The blood sucking critters are infiltrating hospital bed linens and attacking patients who are already suffering from medical problems. Infection control and quality departments are working overtime to resolve these problems. I wonder how long it will take before they are able to resolve the issues.

Bedbugs Invade Hospitals - Yahoo! Finance

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bedbugs-invade-hospitals-231344108.html As if adapting to health-care reform and curbing the "nightmare bacteria" weren't challenge enough, hospitals are increasingly plagued by another problem: Bedbugs. Read the full story