Washington, Dec 23 : A study has found that shade coffee farms, which grow coffee under a canopy of multiple tree species, are beneficial for native birds, bats and other creatures, maintain genetic diversity of native tree species, and, can act as focal points for tropical forest regeneration.
The study was undertaken by University of Michigan researchers Shalene Jha and Christopher Dick.
Jha, a graduate student whose main interest is insects, initially wanted to find out whether shade coffee farms nurture native pollinators such as stingless bees.
When she began her fieldwork in Chiapas, Mexico, she focused on a particular tree, Miconia affinis, which is pollinated by an unusual method known as buzz pollination.
London, December 23 : Gloucestershire County Council is worried that people may block sewers by pouring leftover turkey fat, cooking oil, and grease down the drain after roasting the Christmas dinner.
‘There is no place like home’, was never truer than today; home is a haven, a place to heal, a harmony of mind and body. Helping you Escape to your place of Dreams, in the environs of your home is Portico NY’s fall collection, India Pop. 
London, Dec 23 : With the recession taking its toll on Japanese workers, an unconventional form of anti-stress therapy is gaining popularity in the country - smashing plates against a wall.
Highly talented, confident about her singing and determined to win the title, Shini Kalvint, from small town Gwalior, has been voted out of the reality show ‘Indian Idol 4.’
London, Dec 23 : Russian magnate and Chelsea tycoon Roman Abramovich who is thought to be down to his last 7billion pounds has also ordered a pay freeze for staff on his 72million pounds floating palace Pelorus.
