Poke! What I've read today! (9th August 2011)

Baby whale was saved and reunited with mother. Wait, not so fast! [Courier Mail]
After a 10-hour rescue operation into saving the baby whale calf, there have been spottings of a mother and a calf frolicking near the spot where the whale beached. While we were celebrating, Seaworld researchers have declared that the baby calf wasn't the one we rescued. Uh oh, I supposed we were celebrating a bit too early. But didn't they attach some sort of tracking device on him to ensure he'll be safe and sound?

CityCyle plan to be revamped [Courier Mail]

"No one loves me!"

We've seen it everywhere around the Brissy CBD, and one thing we can be sure is that, every time we looked at the bike stand, there weren't many bicycles being rent. Due to the complexity on renting a bike and the law that requires bikers to have their helmet on, it is no doubt that people are not very interested about this scheme. So our Lord Mayor Graham Quirk planned on adjusting several aspects of this CityCycle scheme in order to rescue this oversupplying situation. What I think is, with all those facilities are being built and so much taxpayer's money are being paid, I really hope that one day I can get on one of these bikes without much hassle. I've been looking for ways to hire a bike but it seemed like the steps are a little bit too much for me, LET ALONE TOURISTS.

TopGear has faked another EV fail [The Guardian]

Jeremy Clarkson on the LEAF. Credit: BBC

The famous motor-ethusiast TV show, TopGear, is successful by its British humour and entertainment value. Besides those, BBC has put in so much resources just to produce every episode to be as exciting as riding the first ever roller coaster ride. But for those who wasn't in the know, TopGear has faked a failure of an electric vehicle in one of its previous episodes, and turned out that car's manufacturer, Tesla, wasn't very impressed and decided to sue BBC. Oh well, that's that. But this time, they reviewed the newest EV model in the market - LEAF from the Japanese Nissan, and making it seemed like the charges doesn't hold long at all. Apparently they want to send a message to the audience to think that electric cars are useless, so they just made a review footage just for that. I mean, come on now, BBC, be sensible, you are one of the most top media companies in the world and yet you tried to play like a child? Grow up, please.



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