The existance of Royal Bengal Tiger under real threat.

The Royal Bengal Tigers, one of the world's largest big cat populations, could disappear by the end of this century as rising sea levels caused by climate change destroy their habitat along the Sunderbans coast, according to a new WWF-led study published in the journal Climatic Change.

Tigers are among the world's most threatened species, with only an estimated 3,200 remaining in the world, including 400 plus in Bangladesh and India, said officials of the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF).

"It's disheartening to imagine that the Sundarbans - which means 'beautiful forest' in Bangla - could be gone this century, along with its tigers,as the sea level is rising." said Colby Loucks, WWF-US deputy director of conservation science and the lead author of the study Sea Level Rise and Tigers: Predicted Impacts to Bangladesh's Sundarbans Mangroves.
An expected sea level rise of 28 cm above year 2000 levels may cause the remaining tiger habitat in the Sundarbans to decline by 96 percent, pushing the total population to fewer than 20 breeding tigers, according to the study.

Unless immediate action is taken, the Sundarbans, its wildlife and the natural resources that sustain millions of people may disappear within 50 to 90 years, the study states. While the tiger’s exact numbers are unclear, the tigers living in the Sundarbans of India and Bangladesh may represent as many as 10 percent of all the remaining wild tigers worldwide.

However, recent research suggests that the seas may rise even more swiftly than what was predicted in the 2007 IPCC assessment.

The study also recommended that the government and natural resource managers should take immediate steps to conserve and expand mangroves while preventing poaching and retaliatory killing of tigers.

CHILE;a country of earthquake.

Chile’s quake history below;

May 22, 1960: A magnitude 9.5 earthquake in southern Chile and ensuing tsunami killed at least 1,716 people.

March 27, 1964: A magnitude 9.2 quake in Prince William Sound, Alaska, and ensuing tsunami killed 128 people.

Dec. 26, 2004: A magnitude 9 quake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra triggered a tsunami that killed 226,000 people in 12 countries, including 165,700 in Indonesia and 35,400 in Sri Lanka.

August 13, 1868: A magnitude 9.0 quake in Arica, Peru (now Chile) generated catastrophic tsunamis; more than 25,000 people were killed in South America.

January 31, 1906: A magnitude 8.8 quake off the coast of Ecuador and Colombia generated a tsunami that killed at least 500 people.

November 1, 1755: A magnitude 8.7 quake and ensuing tsunami in Lisbon, Portugal killed an estimated 60,000 people and destroyed much of Lisbon.

July 8, 1730: A magnitude 8.7 quake in Valparasio, Chile, killed at least 3,000 people.

August 15, 1950: A magnitude 8.6 earthquake in Assam, Tibet, killed at least 780 people.

June 15, 1896: A magnitude 8.5 quake Sanriku, Japan, caused a tsunami that killed at least 22,000 people.

November 11, 1922: A magnitude 8.5 quake on the Chile-Argentina border killed several hundred people.

November 7, 1837: A magnitude 8.5 magnitude quake in Valdivia, Chile generated a tsunami that killed at least 58 people in Hawaii.

October 20, 1687: A magnitude 8.5 quake in Lima, Peru destroyed much of the city.

Sources: U.S. Geological Survey, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology and WHO's International Disaster Database

Insurer Prudential of U.K. in progress to expand brand in Asia by means of AIG's unit.

U.K. insurance Prudential is looking forward to advance their business in Asia,as a result of what they are dealing with AIG to buy it's asian unit.If so happens,Prudential will become one of Asia's biggest insurer.
The proposed deal "represents a remarkable and strategically compelling opportunity for Prudential," the group said in a statement. Prudential didn't reveal the deal worth, though it did say it is looking at combining the companies through a new holding company, rather than a reverse takeover.
Prudential is expected to pay $25bn (£16bn) in cash and the balance in equity, which may be in preference shares, options or warrants. A further £15bn will be raised through a rights issue, the biggest-ever attempted by a UK company.
Dow Jones reported early Monday that (AIG 24.77, -2.74, -9.96%) could also take a 10% stake in Prudential as part of an agreement.
This deal will turn Prudential,one of the biggest insurer in Asia as it already has 11 million customers in Asia. In 2008, and the comapny says the region accounted for 57% of its new business profits.

Dave Rife,the white castle owner;featuring undercover boss,started from Hamilton.

For the second time, Dave Rife, found himself behind a White Castle restaurant;s counter,was caught by camera.

The executive of White Castle restaurants, Rife, who was commissioned by the CBS reality television show, “Undercover Boss” and worked at numerous White Castle restaurants for 10 days in the month of June 2009.

Rife said,“When I started my career with White Castle, I started behind that counter, since then lot of technology has changed but the basic job remains the same.”

On High Street in Hamilton, White Castle, received a visit from the high-ranking staffer.

“The Hamilton store, specifically, is a new location,we just had opened the building a month prior. I wanted to see how things were going. I was just really thrilled with what I found.” Rife said.

Rife said the employees were told he was a laid-off employee looking for odd-end jobs.

“They told us it was for a documentary,” Rose Neeley said, a White Castle employee.

The White Castle employees at the High Street store just found out weeks ago the filming was for the show.

Rife made stops in Ohio, white castle,was opened on September 13th in 1921.

“I understood that there’s some chances for our company to capitalize on,” Rife said, who he learned the ins and outs of working at a White Castle.

“I would call it an emotional roller coaster,” Rife said. “We have long days. I worked all three shifts, met some remarkable people. We covered a lot of ground.”

The show would capture fun times employees had during Rife’s visit,a white castle employee said.

“I think our show is just going to be a goofy one, it’s not going to be sad, it’s just going to be silly, ” she said.

“Undercover Boss” airs at 9 p.m. Sunday on WKRC-TV Local 12.