Michael Phelps the United States champion swimmer had a wonderful Olympic games wining 8 gold medals. While the United States track and field team which normally dominates had a disappointing Olympic games.

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Thailand is a tropical country and is very beautiful. The beaches are world class and the jungle is an untamed wilderness.

Thailand is a Kingdom. A big Kingdom in fact nearly 200,000 sq miles. Thailand borders Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.

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Sea sickness is a form of motion sickness attributed too the movement felt while on a boat. Although no one has died directly from sea sickness people have died from asphyxiation from inhaling their vomit. But for the vast majority sea sickness is just a very unpleasant experience which will eventually pass as your body becomes accustomed too the movement of the ship.

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Every once in awhile I’m getting a error here at BlogEvolve that says “This account has exceeded it’s CPU Quota.”

Also when I’m browsing different post I’m unable to access the post by clicking it’s title. I can access them by clicking it in the recent blog post section in the upper left corner. I can also access the articles by clicking on the comment button. Is anyone else having these kind of problems here.

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The United States gets more tornados then any other country in the world. Most tornados strike in an area known as Tornado Alley.

Tornado Alley makes up an area from South Dakota down to Texas. The gulf of Mexico provides the warm most air and Canada provides the cold fronts. Tornado alley really has ideal conditions for some horrific Tornados.

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Bottom trawling is trawling along the sea floor. Bottom trawling could be compared too bulldozing forested land except the damage is down on the bottom of the sea. It really is one of the greatest threats too the survival of many aquatic species including coral.

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The Cyclone disaster in Myanmar is horrifying. No one knows what the full effect of this cyclone will be. However over 100,000 people are believed dead. The Myanmar military government is reluctant to let foreign aid into the country. The longer the government waits too let foreign aid into the country the more people will die from disease. By denying their people help the military government in Myanmar is making the situation harder on the people.

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Hillary Clinton is proposing suspending the gas tax for the summer months. While Barack Obama is saying it’s just a election year ploy. All the economists seem too agree with Obama saying it’s bad economic policy. Personally I agree with Hillary lets suspend the gas tax on consumers and make the oil industry pay. Suspending the gas tax will lower the cost by a few pennies a gallon. I know that’s not much but it’s something.

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The Supreme Court has upheld Kentucky’s lethal injection method. The court in a majority decision rejected the argument that the 3 drug method induced excruciating pain and thus results in cruel and unusual punishment. The final vote was 7-2.

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has developed a new test for human growth hormone (HGH). Apparently this new test can detect use weeks after stopping. The old test could only detect human growth hormone if it was used in the last 48-72 hours. Which made it easy for athletes to avoid detection.

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