The Star Online – Jan 12 4:00 PM By CHRISTINA KOH IPOH: Bird’s nest farmers in Perak have until the end of March to apply for business licences. State Local Government Committee chairman Datuk Chang Ko Youn warned that those who failed to do so would have their operations shut down. “Anyone who had made unauthorised structural […]
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Bird's nest triggers house fire
The Bellingham Herald Online – Jan 25 9:08 AM JOHN STARK THE BELLINGHAM HERALD A poorly designed bird’s nest was blamed for a house fire at 1629 Diamond Loop in the Toad Lake area Tuesday night. Whatcom County Fire District No. 4 spokeswoman Geri Chumley said firefighters responding to the fire report found that the nest, built […]
Bisnis Air Liur Walet di Serpong
www.kompas.com/kompas-cetak/0305/13/jateng/309276.htm BURUNG berwarna hitam sebesar burung gelatik itu masuk dan keluar gedung-gedung tinggi, melalui lubang-lubang pipa pralon berdiameter sekitar 15 sentimeter. Mereka keluar untuk mencari makan berupa serangga terbang yang dimakan sambil terbang pula. Itulah pemandangan kawasan RT 04 RW 05 Desa Cilenggang, Kecamatan Serpong, Kabupaten Tangerang. Lokasi kompleks gedung tinggi tanpa jendela tersebut di […]
Pacific Swallows of TAS
geocities.com Few people realize that we share our school campus with a wide variety of native wildlife. Have you noticed two inconspicuous bowls of mud plastered to the corner of the roof in front of the lobby? These are the nests, one apparently abandoned, of a pair of Pacific swallows, a common bird in Taiwan. […]
Endangered handicraft sees revival
Endangered handicraft sees revival Xinhua BEIJING, Feb. 9 — Sales of horsetail embroidery articles are currently low, but 40-year-old Song Shuixian still believes the traditional handicraft has great market potential for the future in Guiyang. Â Â Â Â With the support of the local government, Song opened a shop half a year ago in Sandu, China’s only Shui […]
Learning about orang asli culture
Learning about orang asli culture The Star Online By CHOW HOW BAN THOSE who want to find out more about the daily life of the indigenous people in the Raub district can visit the Orang Asli Women Love Day 2014 that is on until Tuesday at Berjaya Times Square in Kuala Lumpur. Organised by Persatuan […]
India: Breathe in, and hands off our yoga
India: Breathe in, and hands off our yoga ABC News DELHIÂ India’s centuries-old traditional knowledge, preserved and orally passed down through generations of households, is now going digital. Over the coming months, India will unveil a first-of-its-kind encyclopedia of 30 million pages, containing thousands of herbal remedies and eventually everything from indigenous construction techniques to […]
Potensi Kerajinan di Kabupaten Bantul
Potensi Kerajinan di Kabupaten Bantul bantulbiz.com/Craft Kerajinan di Kabupaten Bantul memiliki peran yang besar, tidak saja dalam penyerapan tenaga kerja yang mencapai lebih dari 60 ribu orang, tetapi juga karena perannya dalam mendukung sektor-sektor lainnya, seperti: pariwisata, perdagangan, perindustrian dan sebagainya. Peran industri kerajinan sangat dirasakan dalam tata kehidupan masyarakat lantaran sebarannya yang hampir merata […]
Nest-Site for a Bank Swallow
www.paulnoll.com/Oregon/Birds/nest-site-Swallow.html < --adsense--> Of these cavity-nesting birds, some can make their homes in a wide variety of nest sites, including the birdhouses that people build for them. Others, such as the Bank swallow, are limited by the availability of suitable sites. A colony of these swallows may excavate a hundred or more cavities into a […]
Chinese New Year: Sharks' fin and bird's nest
BEIJING, China (AP) — Picture this: Lobster cooked eight ways. Sharks’ fin bathed in a rich brown sauce. Stewed bird’s nest sweetened with apricots. Abalone braised until tender. CNN.com – Jan 27 10:49 PM Now, the bill: 198,000 yuan (US$24,500, euro20,000). The Lao Zhengxing restaurant in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou has taken culinary decadence to […]
