Special Report on Travel and Camel Tourism

Special Report on Travel and Camel Tourism

Chuanristan Daily – Your Leading Source for All Rou News!

By Noor Khanam

Yangrouville, July 30, 2007 – Chuanristan Daily’s own international reporter, Noor Khanam, returned from Beijing recently with news of Chuanristan’s growing worldwide fame. Chuanristan Tourism and Camel Travel Commission’s efforts to increase awareness of Chuanristan’s natural rou resources and market our extensive network of cumin field resorts is starting to produce results. During Khanam’s visit, she came across a gang of rou-lovers, calling themselves “Raiders of the Lost Chuanr”, at an American style chuanr-stand, Tim’s Texas BBQ. The group invited her to join them for quiz night baked beans, south Texas spicy potato salad, and beef brisket delicacies. While Khanam found the food lacking in basic bbq ingredients, such as yangrou fat flavoring, she was impressed with the group’s extensive knowledge of Chuanristan’s favorite acting family – the Marx brothers. As a parting gift, the Raiders of the Lost Chuanr presented Khanam with a personalized package of bbq skewers. Khanam invited the group to visit Chuanristan and experience all that this beautiful double-landlocked country has to offer. (Note: After this article went to publication, we received word that Raiders of the Lost Chuanr has accepted Khanam’s invitation and will visit Chuanristan from Week 36/2 through Week 38/5. Stay tuned as we provide daily reports on the group’s experiences as they tour our fair land!)

Provincial Knowledge

If only they had asked us to list the 10 provinces with the greatest per capita chuanr consumption... still a great start last week, nonetheless.

Giant Camel Chuanr

From: The Opposite End of China

dinner pics

Indelible images imparted in honor of Alan's impending departure.

Saturday Night

Hey guys,

As a 'get out of China Alan we don't want your kind here anymore' celebration, I am organizing a dinner at Hatsune for Saturday the 14th at 8PM. Afterwards, I was thinking maybe a group trip to Kai bar or Shooters to get in the correct mood, then maybe a trip to Vics. Post a reply to let me know if you are awesome and can make it, or if you are anti-cool and can't.

Alan

Panda Paws are the Bee's Knees

"Because they lack opposable thumbs, seeing giant pandas holding bamboo in their paws might make you wonder how they do it. This radiograph image of Tian Tian's paw provides a great look at the adaptation that helps pandas eat. In addition to having five well-developed digits, giant pandas have an enlarged carpal bone (called the radial sesamoid bone) that acts as a "pseudothumb." This pseudothumb opposes the first and second digits, helping pandas grasp bamboo. See a picture of a panda holding bamboo. This radial sesamoid is present in other bears, but is more developed in the giant panda.

In 2005, the Fuji Medical Systems division donated a state-of-the-art digital x-ray system that enables Zoo veterinarians to diagnose animal health problems more quickly and accurately than with conventional film-based x-ray systems. The new equipment makes examinations much quicker and easier for the Zoo's animals by producing digital images that can be manipulated to show both bone and soft tissue and to reveal injuries that may not have appeared on a film x-ray. Thanks to Fujifilm's generosity, the National Zoo is one of the first zoos in the country to employ this technology."

from the wesbite of The National Zoo

UPDATE: I still reserve the right to despise pandas and their 'cuddly-wuddly' portrayal in the media

Pre-Quiz Seasoning

Hey Raiders,

In hopes that we don't repeat last week's poor showing, I leave this quiz link: What's Your Global IQ?

See you tonight, when we also welcome 3-week closet Raider Richard!