I agree that the Beijing, and many other, threads are off-topic. But so
what? There is always the delete button/key. It works wonders.
Chuck
James, Chris wrote:
>We're now way off subject so can the BEIJING thread now desist please
>mediator.
>
>Regards,
>
>Chris
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Gregory
>Sent: 22 May 2006 16:38
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [LF] NTC - Beijing Cough
>
>It appears that smog is not the only thing to worry about in Beijing
>according to a news article released today...
>
>BEIJING WAGES WAR AGAINST TERMITES, HUNGRY MOTHS
>Mon May 22, 12:06 AM ET
>
>BEIJING (Reuters) - China's capital is under attack from twin plagues of
>termites and moths, newspapers reported on Monday, prompting fears for
>the city's antiquities and concerns that Beijing's "Green Olympics"
>could be turned brown.
>
>Workers renovating Beijing's 700 year-old Forbidden City for the 2008
>Olympics discovered termites burrowing through the wooden structure, the
>China Daily said.
>
>"High-tech devices" detecting and infecting the bugs with a "special
>powder" had been employed to control the outbreak, the paper said.
>
>The wars against termites and moths are just two of the pest control
>initiatives Beijing has launched ahead of the Olympics.
>
>Other campaigns have included targeting rats, fleas and lice at
>gymnasiums and athletes' villages.
>
>The American White Moth, a ravenous plant-eater native to North American
>forests, was found in Beijing's Temple of Heaven park, the Beijing News
>said, weeks after forestry officials reported a plague in Beijing's
>surrounding hinterlands.
>
>"If the moths aren't controlled quickly, they could even threaten
>Beijing's Olympics," the Beijing News quoted Wu Jian, a forestry
>official, as saying.
>
>A single moth can spawn 30 million to 200 million descendants in a year,
>the Beijing News said, with larvae capable of stripping a healthy tree
>of foliage in a matter of days.
>
>The crisis has prompted environment officials to wage a large-scale
>elimination campaign to save the "Green Olympics" -- a key slogan
>promoting the capital as an environmentally sound city.
>
>Salvation may come in the form of a billion-strong army of larvae-eating
>bees, the moth's natural predator, the paper said.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Kirschner
>Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 8:44 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: [LF] NTC - Beijing Cough
>
>Hi Werner,
>
>Makes sense that it has a name! I was only in Beijing a couple
>days...hiked up the Great Wall and the smog was not horrible simply
>because there was a little rain. I only coughed for a few hours ;o). But
>the air had lots of dust in it from recent sandstorms - the cars in the
>parking lot looked like they'd been through a mud storm. Here's a photo
>I took - gives you an idea of what it was like:
>
>http://www.designchainassociates.com/images/greatwall.jpg
>
>Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 7:36 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [LF] Ray Franklin's defense of RoHS
>
>
> Hi Mike,
> It is called the "Beijing Cough." We were on a cruise a couple of
>years back, and just about everbody suffered from it for about a week.
>Some people quite badly. I guess that is why they wear those masks.
>
>
>
> Werner
>
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