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New Zealand Earthquake 2011 Photos and Videos: Christchurch Quake

Christchurch Earthquake 2011One of the Earthquakes Today Involved a 6.3 Magnitude Earthquake That Hit Christchurch in New Zealand Seven people have been killed, buildings have been toppled, people are trapped, fires...

Computing in Africa is Set to Get a Big Boost

The image of Africa as a technological laggard is set to be seriously challenged as a number of developments converge in 2007. Alongside the booming African mobile phone market - itself now getting global...

Carbon Credits can Benefit African Farmers Thanks to New System

The global carbon credit trading schemes emanating from the Kyoto Protocol are now creating a multi-billion dollar market - the European carbon market was worth €14.6 billion in 2006 - and represents one of the...

Trade to Benefit the Poor Up in 2006 and to Grow in 2007

  The global fair trade market - in which goods and services are traded under the Fairtrade logo, guaranteeing a minimum fair price to producers experienced unprecedented growth in 2006. In the UK alone, 2006 sales totalled £290 million - a jump of 46 percent from...

Buy Less Stuff: Shortest Road to Going Green and Saving Some

People often talk about the third rail of politics or business, in Taboo Talk in Green Business: Buy Less Stuff (GreenBiz.com, December 22nd), Joel Makower offers one of his Strategies for the Green Economy (also the title of his book). He notes that "reducing or limiting...

Amy Winehouse ‘gives away £5,000 guitar’

"Amy Winehouse ‘gives away £5,000 guitar’ Singer has been sharing her stuff with pals Amy Winehouse is said to have started donating her valuables to friends. ??‘Amy says she just isn’t into “things” any more,’ says a source. ‘If she likes...

What memories are made of

" As in, the actual physical creation in your brain. Researchers believe they have discovered evidence to suggest that when you experience something for the first time, like riding a bike or seeing...

Aussie James McGrath targeted in Maldives poll

"THE first free election in the history of the Maldives might or might not topple Asia's longest-serving dictator, but it has already thrust Australian political strategist James McGrath back into the spotlight, a...

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The Crowdsourcerer: NowPublic

By JACK KAPICA Globe and Mail Update"he June issue of Wired magazine coined an interesting buzzword: "crowdsourcing." It's like outsourcing, but with a large number of unpaid or...

Lou Dobbs: The War On The Middle Class

"Lou Dobbs: The War On The Middle Class By: Nicole Belle on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 at 10:33 AM - PST    Download | Play  Download | Play (h/t Heather) Lou Dobbs looks at how the...

The alien Zlog and sidekick Asbo investigate ‘anti-consumerism’

Alien Zlog and his sidekick Asbo report back to their planet, Zorlich, on the terrible plight of robotic shoppers, known as people. From Eastenders to Knightsbridge, shopping for ‘stuff’ is out of fashion;...

How To Get Better Results In Less Time At The Gym

"How To Get Better Results In Less Time At The Gym"

Barack who? Mixed Bag of Reactions as Obama Takes It to The Middle East

It's a feisty, contradictory mix of politics, religion, and personal views now sitting as Barack Obama's judge on his Middle East tour. As this article shows, one person may think he'll improve things by...

Ufo video

" Santiago, Peru I showed this videos to several friends and family, but nobody seems to have a rational explanation of what is shown here. And why wait about 3 years?, well I filmed this, I show this to a lot of people including UFO researchers here in Chile and TV stations...

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