Norway mourns, buries dead, a week after massacre | Reuters: "Jens Stoltenberg mourned in Oslo's main mosque at 6:30 p.m. British time -- the time Breivik detonated a homemade car bomb in Oslo on July 22 -- after attending a memorial by his ruling Labour Party where many clutched red roses.
'Evil has brought out the best in us. Hatred engenders love,' he told the party of the killings that targeted his government and a Labour Party youth meeting on an island near Oslo. Many of the dead were teenagers."
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
David Suzuki: Natural Gas Is Not a Solution for Climate Change
David Suzuki: Natural Gas Is Not a Solution for Climate Change: "non-climate environmental impacts of gas extraction alone are enough to give us pause. But the natural gas study also concludes that it is not a good way to fight climate change.
To begin, although it is cleaner than oil and coal, burning natural gas still produces greenhouse gas emissions, as does the industrial activity required to get it out of the ground. Greater investments in natural gas development may also slow investment in renewable energy."
To begin, although it is cleaner than oil and coal, burning natural gas still produces greenhouse gas emissions, as does the industrial activity required to get it out of the ground. Greater investments in natural gas development may also slow investment in renewable energy."
David Suzuki: Natural Gas Is Not a Solution for Climate Change
David Suzuki: Natural Gas Is Not a Solution for Climate Change: "it is cleaner than oil and coal, burning natural gas still produces greenhouse gas emissions, as does the industrial activity required to get it out of the ground. Greater investments in natural gas development may also slow investment in renewable energy. Would owners of gas-fired power plants built in the next few years willingly cease to operate them -- or accept the costs of capturing and storing carbon emissions -- as the push for deeper greenhouse gas reductions increases?
The real solutions to climate change lie with conservation and renewable energy, such as solar, wind, tidal, and geothermal power."
The real solutions to climate change lie with conservation and renewable energy, such as solar, wind, tidal, and geothermal power."
Sunday, July 3, 2011
US Gaza-bound boat returning to Greek port | | Gaza TV News
US Gaza-bound boat returning to Greek port | | Gaza TV News: "dozens of US activists seeking to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip has been towed back to port by a Greek coast guard after setting sail from a port in Greece.
The boat, dubbed The Audacity of Hope, is one of nine vessels carrying several hundred activists who say they want to deliver aid to the Palestinian territory. The boat left the port of Perama on Friday."
The boat, dubbed The Audacity of Hope, is one of nine vessels carrying several hundred activists who say they want to deliver aid to the Palestinian territory. The boat left the port of Perama on Friday."
Friday, June 24, 2011
2011 World Hunger and Poverty Facts and Statistics by World Hunger Education Service
2011 World Hunger and Poverty Facts and Statistics by World Hunger Education Service: "Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) is the most lethal form of malnutrition/hunger. It is basically a lack of calories and protein. Food is converted into energy by humans, and the energy contained in food is measured by calories. Protein is necessary for key body functions including provision of essential amino acids and development and maintenance of muscles.
Take a two-question hunger quiz on this section
Number of hungry people in the world
925 million hungry people in 2010"
Take a two-question hunger quiz on this section
Number of hungry people in the world
925 million hungry people in 2010"
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Basic Facts About the MDGs
Basic Facts About the MDGs: "set to be achieved by 2015, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) provide concrete, numerical benchmarks for tackling extreme poverty in its many dimensions.
The MDGs also provide a framework for the entire international community to work together towards a common end � making sure that human development reaches everyone, everywhere. If these goals are achieved, world poverty will be cut by half, tens of millions of lives will be saved"
The MDGs also provide a framework for the entire international community to work together towards a common end � making sure that human development reaches everyone, everywhere. If these goals are achieved, world poverty will be cut by half, tens of millions of lives will be saved"
In The Beginning
In The Beginning: "physics deals with the areas of energy as well as matter. The single scientist who had the greatest impact on the Science of Physics would most certainly be Albert Einstein.
His well known (even if poorly understood) theory of Relativity is often incorrectly stated as E=mc2. My hope is that the theory is rembered this way be cause our keyboards and fonts do not allow to put the little number two above the c.
E (energy)= m (the mass of the given object) times c (a constant which is the speed of light, which is 186,000 miles per second) squared (this huge number is multiplied times itself).
In other words the Energy which is contained within a given object (say a teaspoon) is equal to its weight given in grams times 186,000 x 186,000. Sound like a big number? Yes!"
His well known (even if poorly understood) theory of Relativity is often incorrectly stated as E=mc2. My hope is that the theory is rembered this way be cause our keyboards and fonts do not allow to put the little number two above the c.
E (energy)= m (the mass of the given object) times c (a constant which is the speed of light, which is 186,000 miles per second) squared (this huge number is multiplied times itself).
In other words the Energy which is contained within a given object (say a teaspoon) is equal to its weight given in grams times 186,000 x 186,000. Sound like a big number? Yes!"
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