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Katie Day

One Year After Storm, Myanmar Opens a Bit - 0 views

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  • One Year After Storm, Myanmar Opens a Bit New York Times, The (NY) - Friday, May 1, 2009 Author: THE NEW YORK TIMES Abstract: Life in Myanmar has settled back into some of its familiar rhythms after cyclone Nargis struck in May 2008; United Nations officials, aid workers and foreign diplomats in Myanmar say that since storm increase in humanitarian aid may have opened breach in hard political wall around country; junta now readily accepts air shipments of foreign aid, even from West; map; photo (M)
Thomas C

Afghanistan Online: Education in Afghanistan - 0 views

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shared by Thomas C on 27 Apr 10 - Cached
  • As a result of the Soviet war, and the civil war which occurred shortly afterwards, many schools were destroyed and the education process as a whole in Afghanistan was negatively affected.  The destruction of the education infrastructure went to an extreme level when the Taliban conquered and ruled most of Afghanistan. 
  • Thomas C on 27 Apr 10
     
    This looks useful.
  • Thomas C on 27 Apr 10
     
    Hey Guys
Thomas C

Ahmed Rashid - Afghan crunch time: Obama must decide whether to talk to the Taliban - 0 views

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  • Neighboring countries and most Afghans believe that the endgame has begun for a post-U.S. Afghanistan.
  • Thomas C on 27 Apr 10
     
    What!!!!!!
  • Thomas C on 27 Apr 10
     
    This could be really good!!
Katie Day

Environment: Solar plants in deserts could yield water and crops | Environment | The Gu... - 0 views

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  • Vast greenhouses that use sea water for crop cultivation could be combined with solar power plants to provide food, fresh water and clean energy in deserts, under an ambitious proposal from a team of architects and engineers. The Sahara Forest Project, which is already running demonstration plants in Tenerife, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, envisages huge greenhouses with concentrated solar power (CSP), a technology that uses mirrors to focus the sun's rays, creating steam to drive turbines to generate electricity.
  • Katie Day on 03 May 10
     
    "Vast greenhouses that use sea water for crop cultivation could be combined with solar power plants to provide food, fresh water and clean energy in deserts, under an ambitious proposal from a team of architects and engineers. The Sahara Forest Project, which is already running demonstration plants in Tenerife, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, envisages huge greenhouses with concentrated solar power (CSP), a technology that uses mirrors to focus the sun's rays, creating steam to drive turbines to generate electricity. "
Katie Day

The Cove Movie: Welcome - 0 views

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  • Katie Day on 03 May 10
     
    Documentary re covert mission to uncover dolphin slaughter in a cove in Japan -- came out in 2009 -- has won many awards -- and the annual September slaughter did not occur because of the effect of this film.
Katie Day

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): The animal rights organization - 0 views

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  • Katie Day on 03 May 10
     
    "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), with more than 2 million members and supporters, is the largest animal rights organization in the world. PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in laboratories, in the clothing trade, and in the entertainment industry. We also work on a variety of other issues, including the cruel killing of beavers, birds and other "pests," and the abuse of backyard dogs. PETA works through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns."
Katie Day

Rich and Poor Countries | The Equality Trust - 0 views

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  • More equal societies spend a higher proportion their income on overseas aid and perform better on the Global Peace Index.
Shaian R

Sierra Leone - 0 views

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    • Shaian R
      Shaian R on 25 Apr 10
       
      this is a good page for Sieerra leoene childrens rights
  • Shaian R on 25 Apr 10
     
    "U.S. Department of State - Great Seal U.S. Department of State * Blog * Video * Photos * News * Share * Contact Us * Skip Navigation * Secretary Clinton o Remarks o Travel o Photos o Biography o More... * Media Center o Daily Press Briefings o Press Releases & Special Briefings o Remarks, Testimony by Senior Officials o Op-Eds by Department Officials o Policy Issues o Foreign Press Center o State @ Work o Ask the Department o Video o DipNote Blog o Photo Gallery o Email Subscriptions o RSS News Feeds o More... * Travel o Passports o Visas o Travel Information o Emergency Services o Intercountry Adoption o Parental Child Abduction o Foreign Per Diem Rates o More... * Careers o Foreign Service Officer o Civil Service Officer o Foreign Service Specialist o Civilian Response Corps o Student Programs o International Organizations o USAJobs: Working for America o More... * Business o Business Support: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) o Global Partnership Initiative o Commercial and Business Affairs Office o Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts o Trade Policy and Programs o Country Commercial Guides o Defense Trade Controls o Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization o Guide To Doing Business o Recovery and Reinvestment Act o More... * Youth and Education o Student Website o Diplomatic History o Virtual Student Foreign Service o Exchange Visitor Program o Fulbright Program o Student Career Programs
Shaian R

Sierra Leone: Child Soldiers - 0 views

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    • Shaian R
      Shaian R on 25 Apr 10
       
      this page is like a bibliography
  • Shaian R on 25 Apr 10
     
    "While in Sierra Leone a couple of summers ago, I visited Grafton Camp, a facility for recently demobilized child soldiers operated by UNICEF and local partners. Many of the boys, ranging from nine to 16 years of age, had killed people as they fought in a civil war that paused with a fragile cease-fire in 1995. The camp director said that when the youths had been given drugs-most likely, amphetamines-while soldiering, they "would do just about anything that was ordered." Some, he added, were proud of having been effective killers. These boys, who had shortly before been willing to kill and who had never received an adequate foundation of moral development, danced with enormous energy and played cooperative games under the supervision of the camp's counselors. As I watched, it was sobering to think that under certain conditions, practically any child could be changed into a killer. But today, it is even more sobering to see once again how easily children who have been denied education and trained for fighting are manipulated by local political leaders. Fighting has resumed in Sierra Leone following a May coup, and many of the combatants are under 18. They have become part of a continuing cycle of violence. A soldier at seven The nature of armed conflict has changed greatly in recent years. The end of the Cold War ushered in an era of ethnopolitical conflicts that are seldom fought on well-defined battlefields. Conflicts are increasingly internal, and they are characterized by butchery; violence against women, and atrocities sometimes committed by former neighbors. More than 80 percent of the victims are noncombatants, mostly women and children. Increasingly children serve as combatants or as cooks, informants, porters, bodyguards, sentries, and spies. Many child soldiers belong to organized military units, wear uniforms, and receive explicit training, their lethality enhanced by the widespread availability of lightweight assault weapons. Other children participa
Yen Yu C

Ocean Biome - 0 views

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  • The key species that supports almost all other ocean life is the Phaeton, a tiny, shrimp-like androgyne that is barely visible to the naked eye. Many species of fish and marine mammals eat primarily phaeton which float freely in the ocean's currents. Those species are, in turn, food for carnivorous predators, such as sharks, orcas, devil rays, and electric eels. When predators like these maul their prey, bits fall to the sea floor and decompose, providing a rich fertilizer for the "templa" or sea floor, one of the Ocean Biomes five layers. The second layer is the "firdga," (pronounced frid-ja) a very cool and dark band of stagnant water that supports moistly lampfish--species that use special lights on their bodies to navigate and find food. The third layer, the "fluvia," channels the strongest currents, but is too turbulent for most animal species. Most marine animals prefer to occupy the "luffa," the second layer from the surface wherein phaeton are abundant and light is able to penetrate and support plant life. The "nomar," the topmost ocean layer, which includes the surface of the ocean biome, also supports a few species, mostly flying-fish and damselflies, which use the surface to mate and hatch their young.
    • Paul I
      Paul I on 02 Sep 09
       
      shows all the species that support th ocean
    • Yen Yu C
      Yen Yu C on 02 Sep 09
       
      key species. -phaeton
  • Major Plant and Animal Life Supported by the ocean Biome Plant Life Animal Life SeaweedAlgaeDark StarSea-CactusFungal BloomsOcean LillyCimarronYorma BulbRed Tide PhaetonPin-fishFlying-FishNurse SharksMako SharkNorwhalSting-RayWhalesTarponTunaSardinesJellyfish  
    • Yen Yu C
      Yen Yu C on 02 Sep 09
       
      main plants and animal that suport ocean biome
Paul I

Rainforest Facts - 0 views

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  • here are many different types of rain forests. They can grow on mountains, seacoasts, plains, or in river valleys. How are they different from each other? One difference is how much rain falls in a year. Another is the average temperature. The plants and animals which live in each type of rain forest can be different too.
    • Paul I
      Paul I on 02 Sep 09
       
      this is a way to tell the difference between biomes
  • Tropical means close to the equator. The equator is an imaginary belt which circles the earth and divides it into two halves. Near the equator, the sun shines directly on the earth. The areas directly above and below the equator are called the tropics and are always warm and humid, much like summertime.
Jean Luc L

The freshwater biome - 0 views

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  • Freshwater is defined as having a low salt concentration — usually less than 1%. Plants and animals in freshwater regions are adjusted to the low salt content and would not be able to survive in areas of high salt concentration (i.e., ocean). There are different types of freshwater regions:
Jean Luc L

The marine biome - 0 views

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  • The largest of all the ecosystems, oceans are very large bodies of water that dominate the Earth's surface. Like ponds and lakes, the ocean regions are separated into separate zones: intertidal, pelagic, abyssal, and benthic. All four zones have a great diversity of species. Some say that the ocean contains the richest diversity of species even though it contains fewer species than there are on land.
Jean Luc L

Taiga Biome - 0 views

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  • The taiga or coniferous forest is probably the world's largest land biome. It is located south of the tundra and stretches across portions of North America. Europe and Asia. During the summers, the soil remains very wet and is suitable for lichens and mosses. Fir and spruce trees grow well in this environment. The trees provide homes for many birds including the crossbill, which is capable of cracking cones to eat the seeds. A variety of animals are found in the taiga. They include moose, weasels. wolves, deer. Lynx, caribou, porcupines, beaver, mink and bears.
Kengo M

The desert biome - 0 views

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  • Desert biomes can be classified according to several characteristics. There are four major types of deserts: Hot and dry Semiarid Coastal Cold
    • Kengo M
      Kengo M on 15 Sep 09
       
      4 major types of deserts
  • Deserts cover about one fifth of the Earth's surface and occur where rainfall is less than 50 cm/year.
  • The animals include small nocturnal (active at night) carnivores. The dominant animals are burrowers and kangaroo rats. There are also insects, arachnids, reptiles and birds. The animals stay inactive in protected hideaways during the hot day and come out to forage at dusk, dawn or at night, when the desert is cooler.
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  • Although most deserts, such as the Sahara of North Africa and the deserts of the southwestern U.S., Mexico, and Australia, occur at low latitudes, another kind of desert, cold deserts, occur in the basin and range area of Utah and Nevada and in parts of western Asia. Most deserts have a considerable amount of specialized vegetation, as well as specialized vertebrate and invertebrate animals. Soils often have abundant nutrients because they need only water to become very productive and have little or no organic matter. Disturbances are common in the form of occasional fires or cold weather, and sudden, infrequent, but intense rains that cause flooding.
  • Hot and dry desertThe four major North American deserts of this type are the Chihuahuan, Sonoran, Mojave and Great Basin. Others outside the U.S. include the Southern Asian realm, Neotropical (South and Central America), Ethiopian (Africa) and Australian. The seasons are generally warm throughout the year and very hot in the summer. The winters usually bring little rainfall.
  • pstudent 1 on 02 Sep 09
     
    Desert biomes can be classified according to several characteristics. There are four major types of deserts: * Hot and dry * Semiarid * Coastal * Cold
  • Kengo M on 15 Sep 09
     
    There 4 types of desets. To find out go hear
Morgan V

Windward - modeling sustainable animal husbandry - 0 views

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  • Modeling Sustainable Animal Husbandry
jack parker

Biofuels Deemed a Greenhouse Threat - New York Times - 0 views

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  • These studies for the first time take a detailed, comprehensive look at the emissions effects of the huge amount of natural land that is being converted to cropland globally to support biofuels development. The destruction of natural ecosystems — whether rain forest in the tropics or grasslands in South America — not only releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere when they are burned and plowed, but also deprives the planet of natural sponges to absorb carbon emissions. Cropland also absorbs far less carbon than the rain forests or even scrubland that it replaces.
  • jack parker on 04 May 10
     
    bio fuels
Katie Day

Instant Architecture for China's Earthquake Victims - 0 views

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  • This May, a massive earthquake rocked Sichuan Province in China. Reaching a magnitude of 8 on the Richter scale, it claimed the lives of 400,000 people. Half a year later, though the destruction seems to have lost its newsworthiness, the reconstruction is still very much a reality. However, it doesn’t have to be hopeless! How about a temporary shelter made of paper? In Chengdu city in Sichuan, students from Japanese banlab, architect Shigeru Ban’s research center, and the Hironori Matsubara Lab at Keio University used cardboard tubes to build temporary school buildings. Today, PingMag talks with Wataru Doi, the director of this student project, about the role of architecture after disasters.
Thomas C

About Sustainable Communities -- Sustainable Communities Network - 0 views

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  • They are demonstrating how innovative strategies can produce communities that are more environmentally sound, economically prosperous, and socially equitable.
Jean Luc L

The grassland biome - 0 views

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  • SavannaSavanna is grassland with scattered individual trees. Savannas of one sort or another cover almost half the surface of Africa (about five million square miles, generally central Africa) and large areas of Australia, South America, and India. Climate is the most important factor in creating a savanna. Savannas are always found in warm or hot climates where the annual rainfall is from about 50.8 to 127 cm (20-50 inches) per year. It is crucial that the rainfall is concentrated in six or eight months of the year, followed by a long period of drought when fires can occur. If the rain were well distributed throughout the year, many such areas would become tropical forest. Savannas which result from climatic conditions are called climatic savannas. Savannas that are caused by soil conditions and that are not entirely maintained by fire are called edaphic savannas. These can occur on hills or ridges where the soil is shallow, or in valleys where clay soils become waterlogged in wet weather. A third type of savanna, known as derived savanna, is the result of people clearing forest land for cultivation. Farmers fell a tract of forest, burn the dead trees, and plant crops in the ashes for as long as the soil remains fertile. Then, the field is abandoned and, although forest trees may recolonize, grass takes over on the bare ground (succession), becoming luxuriant enough to burn within a year or so. In Africa, a heavy concentration of elephants in protected parkland have created a savanna by eating leaves and twigs and breaking off the branches, smashing the trunks and stripping the bark of trees. Elephants can convert a dense woodland into an open grassland in a short period of time. Annual fires then maintain the area as a savanna.
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