Monthly Archives: April 2007

Adobe Flex Goes Open Source

Read at Zdnet blog by Ryan Stewart.

Panda Cub Tai Shan’s Photos

Tai Shan’s Stay Extended at The National Zoo.

Call for 20-year Ban on Ivory Trade

Read article at Herald Sun.
AFRICAN states have called for a 20-year ban on trade in ivory to protect the continent’s elephants from poachers and possible extinction in the wild.
The African representatives lashed out at partial bans and quotas that have been implemented in the past.
“Every time CITES authorises the sale of limited quantities of ivory, [...]

Uncovering Lost World below the North Sea

Original article at BBC News.
Archaeologists are uncovering a huge prehistoric “lost country” hidden below the North Sea.
This large plain disappeared below the water more than 8,000 years ago.
The Birmingham researchers have been using oil exploration technology to build a map of the once-inhabited area that now lies below the North Sea - stretching from the [...]

Vanishing honeybees mystify scientists

Read article at Vanishing honeybees mystify scientists.

• Billions of bees have mysteriously vanished since late last year in the U.S.
• Disappearing bees have also been reported in Europe and Brazil
• One-third of the U.S. diet depends on pollination, mostly by honeybees
• Some beekeepers are losing 50 percent of their bees to the disorder
“What we’re describing [...]

Korean Exercise 15

Translate the following sentences into English.
Yŏgi pissaneyo. Yŏp kage-e ka-bopshida.
여기 비싸네요. 엽 가게에 가봅시다.
It is expensive here! Let’s go and see the shop next door.
Yŏgi-sŏ p’al-jiman tarun te-e ka-myŏn tŏ ssayo.
여기서 팔지만 다른 데에 가면 더 싸요.
They do sell it here, but if we go to another place, it is cheaper.
Sŏul shinae-e kanun bŏsŭ-rŭl ŏdi-sŏ [...]

Korean Exercise 14

Make up sentences comparing the following sets of information. For the first set you would make up a sentence to say that Korean food is more tasty than Japanese food.
Korean food, Japanese food, tasty
한국 음식이 일본 음식보다 더 마시 있어요.
Here, there, more of them
여기가 거기보다 더 많아요.
Train, bus, faster (ppallayo)
기차는 버스보다 더 빨라요.
Mr Kim, Mr [...]