Thursday, October 7, 2010

socotra


socotra

Socotra, Yemen is one of the last island belonging to the so-called Lost World, an untouched paradise, beautiful beaches, ideal for those who love adventure, or just to escape the stress of the modern world.250 miles south of the Arabian Peninsula, Socotra is a unique ecosystem, thanks to more than 30 million years of isolation, the country has improved.Among the hidden treasures of the island's beautiful yellow-faced vulture, and the plants and flowers are invisible. They are part of more than 800 species native to Socotra.The population of the island, most of the fishermen is a unique way of measuring time. They use their 24-month calendar.Over the past year, only 140 American exotic beaches of Socotra chosen their destination, many people who have the unique life on the island to study.

Yemen and Italy on Wednesday signed a financing agreement of € 3 million project on biodiversity Socotra archipelago.The agreement signed with the Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Abdul-Karim al-Arhabi and Water Resources and Environment Minister Abdul-Rahman al-Iriyani and the Italian Ambassador Alessandro Fallavollita.Under the agreement, Italy € 3,000,000 grant Yemen Socotra Archipelago, which contributes to support the biological diversity.Al-Arhabi talk about the importance of biodiversity of Socotra Archipelago, noting the efforts of the Government in this regard.Socotra archipelago's biodiversity project is supported by several donor countries and agencies, such as Italy, France, Germany and the UNDP.Al-Arhabi meets the Middle East, the Italian Foreign Ministry official. They discussed the bilateral cooperation relations.The official Italian accent, that Italy will continue to support the Yemeni Coast Guard, through the financing of a new phase of the project monitoring on the shore of the ship.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

sally menke


sally menke

Sally Menke, editor of the best-known film director Quentin Tarantino to her long association, and manipulate the kinetic properties, such as "Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction" and "Kill Bill" films and "Inglourious Basterds" was found dead Tuesday in the Beachwood Canyon area of Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles. He was the 56thThe Los Angeles Times reported that Ms. Menke went hiking on Monday morning, and friends contacted the police later in the day when you do not return home. His body was found Tuesday morning at the bottom of a ravine, near a parking lot where her car was found. Ed Winter, assistant head of the coroner's office in Los Angeles County, told The Times that the company is trying to determine whether the recent heat wave was a factor in the death of Ms. Menke.

Ms. Menke wrote a 2009 study in The Guardian that he and Mr. Tarantino first worked together in the first feature film. "I got in touch and he sent me this script thing" Reservoir Dogs "," he wrote, "and I thought it was great.. That floors me" She added: "I was hiking in a remote mountain in Banff in Canada, when I saw a phone booth, and I stopped to LA to call and confirmed that I played. I let a scream heard around the mountain. "Besides the work of Mr. Tarantino, Ms. Menke edited by Oliver Stone is "Heaven & Earth" Lee Tamahori on "Mulholland Falls" and Billy Bob Thornton's "All Pretty Horses," which he also served as Executive Producer