As much as you wanted to avoid any loss, damages, stolen items, disasters, or accidents in relation to your home, there are situations, which are unanticipated and unexpected. What you can do now is to know how to make your home insurance claims faster and to get a timely response from the representatives of Allianz Home Insurance. They know and understand that you are in a tough situation but cooperation will help you to settle everything smoothly, to avoid further arguments and other obnoxious actions or statements.
No Jobs for Law School Graduates
Recent news reports show that many law school graduates are now taking on low paid temporary work, usually for short term contracts. This somewhat shatters the vision of high powered lucrative jobs as offered by the marketing departments of costly law schools. As revealed by these reports and The Best Colleges, many students are taking on life long debts, only to find that no jobs are available once they graduate.
Cut Back on Emissions; Save the Polar Bear
More and more species are becoming endangered as the years go by. It probably would not be a surprise if one day, we hear news about the human race being in danger of disappearing because of what we are doing to the environment. Sometimes, though, we make the most interesting connections.
Take polar bears and data centers, for example. They have been the focus of some discussion lately.
How so?
Apparently, the extent of global data center service has reached such proportions that this industry is one of the leading contributors to global warming. Believe it or not, the Information Age has a negative impact on the environment, and polar bears are being used as a focal figure in the awareness campaign.
Obviously, if global temperatures continue to increase, the polar ice caps will melt, leaving those adorable fuzzy white creatures without a home. If this happens, of course, the bears just might disappear from the face of the earth.
Data centers are not solely to be held responsible for this issue, though. While it may be tempting to point fingers at a single industry, everyone has his role to play in the matter. Emissions from vehicles – both private and public alike – are as much to blame. Daily activities that may seem benign also contribute to the amount of emissions. Governments must do their part, and so must individuals.
The bottom line is that more is at stake than the polar bear. Everyone is responsible for saving the earth. We need to act now or probably suffer negative consequences in the very near future.
Gandalf the Vulture No Longer a Threat
Pilots flying in Scotland last week were treated to a novel warning from air controllers: watch out for a high flying vulture (high flying being a literal description). Gandalf, a Ruppell’s Vulture “escaped” during an airshow called World of Wings. The show was being held in Cumbernauld, which is near Glasgow, when Gandalf supposedly caught a warm thermal. This propelled her high up into the skies, and she was not seen again – for a while.
The “loss” of Gandalf, who has been with World of Wings for six years, prompted civil aviation authorities to warn pilots. Gandalf is originally from the African continent and has a wingspan of three meters. This gives the bird lots of flying power. Believe it or not, this kind of bird can actually fly up to 30,000 feet! Indeed, this capacity makes the bird a potential threat to airplanes in flight.
There have been many incidents in the past of aircraft colliding with birds. In many cases, these collisions have caused pilots to opt for an emergency landing. Remember the commercial airplane that had to land on the Hudson River?
To make things worse, Gandalf’s kind can fly for very long distances, making it difficult to predict where he would end up. The good news is that the bird has finally been found – at a Falkirk brickworks, interestingly enough. Experts were worried that the bird might reach as far as the European continent, but their fears were alleviated when Gandalf was spotted.
So if you’re flying anywhere near the area – you’re safe from show vultures now. 😉
Photo credit: Birdfinders
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