Over the weekend, I read several beautifully written, deeply moving essays about the deadly line of tornadoes that swept through Alabama last week. I wanted to share a few of those essays here, as well as let people know where you can donate to help the many, many people left homeless by this disaster. First, my...
With less than two weeks before Wisconsinites go to the polls and possibly vote six Republicans out of the State Senate, the billionaire Koch brothers and their well funded roster of right-wing front groups have poured millions in out of state money into attack ads and voter suppression campaigns. All the while, left-wing labor groups...
Source: alertnet // Megan Rowling Children look up into the sky as a plane flies past their tent encampment in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince July 20, 2011. REUTERS/Swoan Parker LONDON (AlertNet) – Aid agencies and the Haitian authorities are working to alert vulnerable communities to the threat of flooding and landslides from a tropical storm...
HER weight problem began when she was a teenager. at just 15, Pallavi Mohan weighed 69kg. that was when she decided to try out popular weight loss programmes. However, it was a losing battle for the now 28-year-old make-up artist. “After losing weight from one diet, I would regain it quickly and then try another...
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is scaling up its emergency operation in central and southern Somalia to assist an additional 1.1 million drought-and conflict-affected people. The organization is asking donors for 67 million Swiss francs in additional funding, bringing its total 2011 budget for Somalia to over 120 million francs (more than...
Our debt ceiling is looking to rise again. Our stock market is acting like an emotional 6 year old. The people are not willing to spend their hard earned money in the stock market. Food prices and inflation is going up like a hot air balloon. In short the world is starting to face what...
Have you bought non hybrid survival seeds (they will be the currency of the future!) there won't be a depression if republicans win in november. however, if Americans don't wise up and vote the same old dems in, then i'll start mine nov 3 oh and i won't share mine with a single liberal...
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Japan later this week to assess the situation in the earthquake and tsunami ravaged country, particularly at the Fukushima nuclear plant where radiation levels have reached a record high. Mr. Ban will visit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station “to see first—hand the devastation caused by...
Earthquakes, rising fuel costs and declining demand for international flights are all expected to contribute to an estimated 17%-36% decline in after-tax profit for the national carrier, Air New Zealand. Dividends are expected to reflect the tough trading year, falling from 7c per share a year ago to an estimated 4c for the present full...
Tropical Storm Don last week was the first named storm to enter into the Gulf of Mexico this 2011 Storm Season – and it definitely won’t be the last. You may start to hear several phrases such as “Tropical Storm Warning” or “Hurricane Watch.” If you are not already familiar with these terms, here is...
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