Arkansas Swings Closer to a Ban on Pet Monkeys By Martin Matheny • March 24, 2011 Topics: Animal Sanctuaries • Wildlife • Animals There are a few things you ought to know about keeping primates as pets. They are long-lived, and they need care and nurturing every day for a lifespan that could stretch into decades. There's at least some risk of disease transmission to humans. Most importantly, they are wild animals, not suited to be pets in just about every case, and, being wild animals by nature, they can also be dangerous to their owners and others. Arkansas legislators seem to be getting that, and earlier this week, the Arkansas Senate passed a bill banning the ownership of primate as pets. It's unfortunate, but a lot of people are just enamored with baby monkeys. The problem is, baby monkeys eventually grow up to be adult monkeys. When they do, they often become more aggressive, more dangerous. The chances of them turning on their owner or another human increase dramatically. It doesn't have to be that way, but the only solution is to prevent people from owning primates as pets. Born Free USA has been preaching that gospel for years. They've been a leader in protecting primates, especially when it comes to raising awareness of the inherent problems and dangers of primates as pets. It looks like they've got an ally in State Senator Percy Malone, who wrote SB 901. His bill bans private ownership of primates, as well as breeding and sales to other private owners. Arkansas has a reputation as being perhaps not the most progressive state when it comes to animal protection laws, but this is a step in the right direction.
Arkansas Swings Closer to a Ban on Pet Monkeysby Martin Matheny · March 24, 2011
Monkeys need care every day andthere's at least some risk of disease transmission to humans. Alout of times monkeys are wild animals, not suited to be pets in just about every case, and, being wild animals by nature, they can also be dangerous to their owners and others. That's why people shouldn't keep primates as pets. Arkansas legislators seem to be getting that, and earlier this week, the Arkansas Senate passed a bill banning the ownership of primate as pets. That bill, SB 901, is up before the Arkansas House for consideration. People are enamored of baby monkeys and this is a problem because baby monkeys grow up to be adult monkeys. Monkeys become agresive and dengerous. The chances of them turning on their owner or another human increase dramatically. Too many pet primates, their life ends when that happens. Sometimes it ends with a bullet. It doesn't have to be that way, but the only solution is to prevent people from owning primates as pets. His bill bans private ownership of primates, as well as breeding and sales to other private owners. There's also a good exemption for sanctuaries, so there will still be safe places for rescued primates to go. Malone's bill passed unanimously in the Senate. It's time for us to ask the House to do the same.
Christiane Lemieux and Rumaan Alam wrote a book called “Undecorated”. This title might be a little bit deceptive. Really the 20 different spaces shown on the book, although are not decorated in the traditional way, they have a lot of style. Ms. Lemieux assures that people who “decorated” the spaces that appear in the book are very sophisticated. She also says that in interior design there is not start or end because everything is constantly changing. Lemieux gave credits to the web because of the impulse it gave to the phenomenon of interiors that reflect the owners with a lot of style. She says that is used to be common that only people with very cool houses went to the estate sales and just look and buy everything. But now it is possible for everyone to have access to a very cool flea market stuff 24/7. The electric interior is very popular now because it is achievable.
Gay Bar Mourns Elizabeth Taylor By BROOKS BARNES It seems like her death was a terrible crisis for the gays and specially this great bar that she frequent. A gay bar, even a fancy one with chandeliers and a roaring fireplace like the Abbey, seems an unlikely haunt for a megastar, because the actress who died last Wednesday seems like if she drink some martinis and sipping tequilas from her wheelchair. Many people began to mourn Elizabeth in the bar by donating autographed things given with affection by Taylor, and also by decorating the place with photos and recent good moments like a martini just for Ms. Taylors 1944 film “National Velvet.” “People have been walking up and starting to cry,” said Brian Rosman, an Abbey spokesman and a patron. “Others can’t talk, they get so emotional.” Many people in the bar said that it seems to her, to simply see gays like a normal thing, a normal person. Being gay was OK. Taylor had gay friends, and supported gays in the AIDS. For that treat she gave gays there were very surprised about her death with such a feeling. She was not the only star of her era to frequent West Hollywood’s cluster of gay bars. Legend has it that Loretta Lynn, but no other celebrity of Ms. Taylor’s wattage became such a presence. “People steal it,” Mr. Cooley said. “We’ve screwed it on. We’ve glued it on. Nothing works. I think it’s a symbol to people — that she loved us as much as we loved her.” Summary by: Carolina Zagarra
Radiation in Tokyo’s Water Has Dropped, Japan Says By DAVID JOLLY TOKYO — Levels of a radioactive isotope found in Tokyo’s water supply fell by more than half on Thursday, testing below the country’s stringent maximum for infants, even as three workers at a stricken nuclear plant in northern Japan suffered radiation burns as they struggled to make emergency repairs. The problem is not likely to end soon; nuclear workers will have to keep venting radioactive gases from the damaged reactors, adding to the plume of emissions carried by winds and dispersed by rain. The public has been warned not to consume food and milk from the area near the plant. Mr. Edano said the three injured workers had sustained radiation burns to their legs while dragging an electrical cable through contaminated water in an effort to restore a crucial pump at Reactor No. 3 at the crippled plant, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The three were employed by a subcontractor of Tokyo Electric, Mr. Edano said, and were trying to connect a cable in the basement of the turbine building next to Reactor No. 3. They were exposed to more than 170 millisieverts of radiation, he said. Halting progress was reported in the efforts to restart cooling systems at the plant that were knocked out in the earthquake and tsunami on March 11. A Tokyo Electric official said workers had managed to restore lighting in the central control room of Reactor No. 1, an important step toward restarting its cooling system. The warning on Wednesday over the heightened levels of iodine 131, which can accumulate in the thyroid and cause cancer, set off widespread anxiety and a run on bottled water in Tokyo. On Thursday morning, the authorities were distributing water to an estimated 80,000 children and were considering importing bottled water. The authorities said frequent rains might have washed radiation into Tokyo’s watershed, which lies mostly north and northeast of the city. Japan’s limits on iodine 131 are far lower than those of the international agency, and are measured in units called becquerels. Japan says older children and adults should get no more than 300 becquerels per liter; the agency recommends a limit of 3,000 becquerels. BY:valentina barbosa
Djokovic Beats Nadal to Win BNP Paribas Open By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: March 20, 2011 at 9:36 PM ET
Djokovic defeated the world's top-ranked player 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to win the BNP Paribas Open title on Sunday, keeping the Serbian perfect this year. Djokovic improved to 18-0, including victories at the Australian Open and in Dubai last month. Djokovic will move into the No. 2 spot when the ATP Tour rankings are released Monday, having bumped Roger Federer down to third after he lost to Djokovic in the semifinals. Djokovic became just the third player to beat Nadal and Federer in the same tournament twice, having last done it at Montreal in 2007. That year, Djokovic lost to Nadal in the final at Indiana Wells, then won in 2008. Djokovic broke to lead 5-3 in the second set, then survived a five-deuce game on his serve to take the set, winning when Nadal's backhand went wide. It was the first of six straight games he'd win as the Spainard's first-serve percentage dipped to 25 percent. Wozniacki won her WTA Tour-leading 19th match of the year and her second title while appearing in the final for her third consecutive tournament. Bartoli was playing in her first final since 2009, and she fell to 2-6 in matches against the No. 1 player. The victory allowed Wozniacki to improve her results for the fifth straight year in the desert. She lost in the first round in her 2007 debut, reached the fourth round in 2008, the quarterfinals in 2009 and was runner-up to Jelena Jankovic. She earned $700,000, and was already assured of remaining No. 1 through the upcoming two-week tournament in Miami. Bartoli is projected to be No. 10 when the rankings are released Monday, her first time back in the top 10 since June 2008. Wozniacki rolled through the first set, breaking Bartoli three times with well-placed shots that jerked her from side to side and up and back. Bartoli was breathing heavily throughout the match that was played in 65-degree temperatures under overcast skies. Bartoli earned the only two breaks of the second set, when Wozniacki seemed content to stay back and rally instead of trying to go for as many winners as she did in the opening set. Wozniacki broke Bartoli after two deuces to open the third. She owned triple break point in the third game, but missed a forehand that allowed Bartoli to hold trailing 2-1. Bartoli was the first Frenchwoman to make an Indian Wells final. Wozniacki got broken for the only time in the third on a missed backhand and Bartoli survived a deuce game on her serve to close to 4-3. But Wozniacki won the final two games, breaking Bartoli to close out the match. BY VANESSA NAVARRO
Police Sexual Assault Victim Arrested for Recording Officer Misconduct.
Twenty-year-old Tiawanda Moore went to Chicago Police Headquarters to report being fondled by an officer. But Internal Affairs didn't want to take her complaint. After asking for new investigators and being refused, Moore turned on her Blackberry recorder to document this second instance of police misconduct. When the investigators realized they were being taped, they promptly arrested Moore for eavesdropping, a charge that carries a sentence of up to 15 years. Meanwhile, as Moore awaits trial in May, no disciplinary action has been taken against the officer who groped her. The Chicago Taskforce on Violence against Girls and Young Women has taken up Tiawanda Moore's cause and launched a petition on her behalf on Change.org, calling for Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez to drop the eavesdropping charges and for the police sexual misconduct investigation to be undertaken in a timely manner. Moore didn't know that by turning on a recorder she was committing an illegal act, and the idea that attempting to document misconduct by police would put you away for 15 years is ludicrous. In addition, the law in question has a pretty key exception: it doesn't apply to an individual who holds a "reasonable suspicion" that they're about to be victim of a crime. Given that Moore was a subject of police misconduct at the time she turned on her cellphone, it seems pretty clear that the charges against her are bogus. The arrest and her pending trial seem more results of a vendetta by people caught in the act of doing wrong than a reasonable response to her actions -- by people who know Moore is a vulnerable target without the resources to fight back against a cover-up by some bad Chicago cops.
A subsidiary of Australian coal company Ambre Energy, withdrew its permit application to build the United States’ first West Coast coal export terminal last week. More than 300 Change.org activists signed a petition to complement the efforts of environmental groups such as theSierra Club and concerned local citizens to fight the project. EarthJustice represented those groups in a legal appeal of the terminal’s project permit. Even as advertised, the proposed project was a bad deal for Longview residents, but it turns out that Millennium Bulk Terminals had more sinister intentions than they we willing to let on. Time and again, Millennium assured residents and government officials that the facility would export to China only 5.7 million tons of coal per year. That was already enough to raise serious concerns about the health risks of coal dust and significant traffic while waiting for coal trains to traverse the area. Internal documents and emails now show that Millennium was intentionally deceiving state officials about the size of the project. In reality, they were actually planning to build a facility that would export up to an astounding 80 million tons of coal each year – nearly 15 times what the company had publicly claimed.
They knew Longview was uneasy with the scope and nature of the project even at fraction of its true size. Better, they decided, to get an established toehold in the small city of 36,000 to gain the leverage to subsequently force an unwanted expansion. Thanks to the tireless efforts of activists and documents revealed in the legal challenge, this plan was uncovered before it could be perpetrated Domestic coal companies are determined to feed the booming Chinese market. by: xiomara angulo
Reese Witherspoon Weds Agent Beau in Californi By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reese Witherspoon has walked down the aisle. A spokeswoman for the actress says the "Walk the Line" star wed her fiance, Hollywood agent Jim Toth, in Ojai, Calif., about 90 miles north of Los Angeles. Publicist Nicole Perna did not reveal details about the Saturday ceremony. The Oscar-winning actress and Toth announced their engagement in December. Toth is an agent for Creative Artists Agency, which represents Witherspoon through another agent. The 35-year-old actress won an Academy Award for her portrayal of June Carter in 2005's "Walk the Line." Witherspoon's other film credits include "Legally Blonde," ''Four Christmases" and the forthcoming "Water for Elephants." She was previously married to actor Ryan Phillippe, with whom she has two children: 11-year-old daughter Ava and 7-year-old son Deacon. By: Maria Beatriz Daza
With her platinum blonde locks and pillar-box-red lips, singer-songwriter Gwen Stefani is one of Hollywood's most influential style icons. As a solo artist and as lead singer of band "No Doubt," Stefani has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. But her influence stretches far beyond music. Her innate sense of style and unbelievable power to start trends has created one of the most successful celebrity fashion labels – LAMB (Love Angel Music Baby). Stefani has not only had a hand in designing, but has been regularly seen wearing her "look" and her "personality." She thinks fashion is not that deep and that is more like a fun thing were you can express yourself. "When I started with the band, when I was 17, I would waste all my time at school thinking about fashion and drive to the fabric store and just find stuff. Seven years on with the fashion stuff and Stefani is still creating chart topping music and still has her finger on the creative pulse, creating her own style, be it in music or fashion. "Music is the fire, so I have to start there, always pull from the same inspiration every season, always from music" "I think everyone has a style, style is just your personality. I don't know if it's better or worse, I think fashion is not that deep. Its clothes, its just fun." said Gwen. by: valeria naissir
With her platinum blonde locks and pillar-box-red lips, singer-songwriter Gwen Stefani is one of Hollywood's most influential style icons. As a solo artist and as lead singer of band "No Doubt," Stefani has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. But her influence stretches far beyond music. Her innate sense of style and unbelievable power to start trends has created one of the most successful celebrity fashion labels – LAMB (Love Angel Music Baby). Stefani has not only had a hand in designing, but has been regularly seen wearing her "look" and her "personality." She thinks fashion is not that deep and that is more like a fun thing were you can express yourself. "When I started with the band, when I was 17, I would waste all my time at school thinking about fashion and drive to the fabric store and just find stuff. Seven years on with the fashion stuff and Stefani is still creating chart topping music and still has her finger on the creative pulse, creating her own style, be it in music or fashion. "Music is the fire, so I have to start there, always pull from the same inspiration every season, always from music" "I think everyone has a style, style is just your personality. I don't know if it's better or worse, I think fashion is not that deep. Its clothes, its just fun." said Gwen. by: valeria naissir
Will the White House Sacrifice Polar Bears to Big Oil? by Martin Matheny ·
Chances are, if you're reading this, I don't need to tell you why this is a horrible idea. But, just in case we've got a few Big Oil execs slumming on the progressive, social change side of things, I'll sum up. First of all, it's important to understand why Beaufort and Chukchi are important from a wildlife perspective. The big, ultra-charismatic reason is polar bears. These two bodies of water are sometimes called the "polar bear seas." It's not just polar bears, of course. You've also got walruses, various whales, and a slew of other species. A major spill in the Gulf of Mexico is bad enough, but at least the weather makes it somewhat easy to mitigate the effects of spilled oil. As if that wasn't enough, the nearest Coast Guard stations are hundreds of miles away, and they have far less in the way of resources to help with a spill than they have in the Gulf. The payoff on opening up drilling is just not very good. The polar bears and walruses, of course, will be gone forever if there's an accident. Wildlife is only a renewable resource to a point.
No Belfry, Just a House With 20,000 or So Bats TIFTON, Ga. — The civic leaders of this south Georgia town want it to be known for more than just bats.It still calls itself the reading capital of the world, after beating other cities in competition over whose residents could read the most books.But at the moment, the most interesting thing about Tifton is an abandoned Victorian house filled with thousands of bats.Tift County declared the once-elegant house in the town’s historic district off limits on Monday after a bat specialist said that maybe 20,000 bats had moved in, apparently for good.And then, of course, there is the matter of reputation. Tifton, like many towns in the South, has its share of bats.Still, bats sometimes get into houses and animal control officers or wildlife specialists remove them. “You can’t imagine how thick they must be in there. They’re in the walls and ceilings,” said Regenia Wells, the county animal control director.But what to do? Bats are protected by federal and state law, so you can’t just out and out kill them. They can be moved, but that method has its challenges when you’re talking thousands.Meanwhile, the bat house of Tifton is likely to remain something of an attraction for area residents like Patricia Luke, 49, who stopped by right after her shift ended at the Golden Corral restaurant.“I just had to see it,” she said. “I was wondering how 20,000 bats could be in there. But it’s a big house. You could fit ’em.” Robbie Brown reported from Tifton, and Kim Severson from Atlanta.
The iPad 2, which is very difficult to acquire at Apple stores is creating a health in online market. EBay, the online marketplace, is one of the most advanced one, released information on showing how popular the iPad 2 had become on its Web site because of its high demand. The company said that 65 percent of iPad 2 sold on eBay were purchased by buyers in the United States. Although the majority of sales on eBay have taken place in the United States, people living in Russia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan and Britain have also purchased a large number of iPad 2s. The most sought-after models of the iPad 2 are on the low and high end. The least desired iPad 2 is the 16-gigabyte 3G model, making up only 7 percent of iPad 2 sales. The first-generation iPad is still selling well online too.
2010 was supposed to be the Year of the Tablet. That did not really happen — the flood of product was reduced to a trickle, as many manufacturers awaited a more tablet-friendly operating system from Google. So, once more, with feeling: 2011 will be the Year of the Tablet. Several new models have either been released, or are in a very advanced state of preview. This interactive guide can help sort through the latest offerings. Use the checkbox at the top of each listing to select it for comparison. And check back frequently — this page will be updated as new information or models are released
Apple introduced the second version of its iPad on March 2. The newer version is slimmer, lighter and has both front and rear-facing cameras. The devices can be bought to operate on either AT&T or Verizon's 3G networks. Competitors are cropping up with increasing frequency, but the iPad remains the dominant tablet on the market
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2010 was supposed to be the a year of a "boom" of the electronic tables, but that didint happen, as many manufacters awaiteed a more tablet-friendly operating woth google services. Now we think that 2011 is going to be the Tablets Year. Many new models are going to be presented they are going to be advanced and secure.
. Use the checkbox at the top of each listing to select it for comparison. Many trade marks are going to present their tablets as: Samsung, Motorola, Hp, Dell, Blackberry, Samsung, Toshiba. Even Apple is going to present their model "Ipad 2" this is going to have new thing camera, new networks, even they are going to bring new colors as Black and white.
Greenpeace Turning the Heat Up in Facebook Unfriend Coal Campaign by Zachary Shahan • April 08, 2011 in this article, written by Zachary Shahan, is shown the big effort that is doing Greenpeace of organizing huge campaigns who will help the world. In this case, Greenpeace is working to get Facebook to an “unfriend coal”. In the web, has been shown a video were Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo and Facebook Marketing Director Randi Zuckerberg talk about the issue of getting Facebook to an “unfriend coal” in Earth day. A second video is announced in the article. It puts Facebook in a good place but, suddenly, it shows some graphs about the bad usage of coal in Facebook’s industries. Further than this video, Jodie Van Horn of Greenpeace said some words, and here they are: "Next week we are going to attempt to set a Guiness World Record for the highest number of comments on a Facebook post within a 24-hour period." This is how Facebook is going to become an “unfried coal” in Earth day!
1ST Capturing the spirit of South Africa's marginalized communities
Theses statement: A photographer that likes to take pictures to Africa (especially South Africa).
(CNN) -- Photographer Graeme Williams has spent over two decades documenting the events that have shaped the lives of millions in Africa. From the path towards democracy in his native South Africa, Williams' images have shed light on some of the continent's struggles during the modern era. But for "The Edge of Town" -- a study of South Africa's marginalized communities -- Williams moved away from his conventional documentary approach in an attempt to convey the "complex and conflicting" feelings he has towards his country. So, out went standing back and training his lens from a wider view as Williams traveled to edge-of-town communities. "So the photographs are very intimate, in that I am right inside what's happening rather than sitting back and looking in." Williams elected to shoot his subjects in low sunlight -- either at the beginning or end of the day -- with inky shadows stretching across many of the scenes which contrast neatly with the vibrant saturated colors, helping create a more dramatic mood, he says. "Sometimes there is a real sense of hope, other times there is a sort of frustration or despair. It's always that combination, fluctuating between extremes," he says. South Africa clearly still has some way to go before the inequalities which persist between rich and poor are reduced, and Williams believes that only a narrowing of this gap will mean that long-term change is taking root. Nine of the 41 images which make up "The Edge of Town" can be seen alongside other contemporary South African photographer's.
2ND Capturing the spirit of South Africa's marginalized communities
Theses statement: A photographer that likes to take pictures to Africa (especially South Africa).
(CNN) -- Photographer Graeme Williams has spent over 20 YEARS TAKING NOTES OF the events that have FORMED the lives of MANY PEPLE in Africa. From the WAYS TO HAVE democracy in his COUNTRY South Africa, Williams' PHOTOS have shed light on some of the continent's CONFLICTS during the modern era. But for "The Edge of Town" -- a study of South Africa's marginalized communities – Williams CHANGED his COMMON documentary approach in an attempt to convey the "complex and conflicting" feelings he has towards his NATION. So, out went standing back and training his lens from a wider view as Williams traveled to edge-of-town communities. "So the photographs are very intimate, in that I am right inside what's OCCURING INSTEAD OF sitting back and looking in." Williams elected to shoot his THEMES in low sunlight – EVEN AT THE BEGGING OR END OF THE DAY -- with inky shadows GOING across LOT of the scenes which contrast neatly with the vibrant saturated colors, helping create a more INTERESTING, EYE-CATCHING mood, he says. "Sometimes there is a real FEELING of hope, other times there is a TYPE OF ANGRYNESS AND despair. It's always that combination, ACTING between extremes," he says. South Africa clearly still has some OPTIONS to go before the DIFFERENCES which persist between rich and poor are reduced, and Williams believes that only a narrowing of this gap will mean that long-term change is BEGGINIG. Nine of the 41 PHOTOS which make up "The Edge of Town" can be seen alongside other contemporary South African photographer's.
1ST Capturing the spirit of South Africa's marginalized communities
Theses statement: A photographer that likes to take pictures to Africa (especially South Africa).
(CNN) -- Photographer Graeme Williams has spent over two decades documenting the events that have shaped the lives of millions in Africa. From the path towards democracy in his native South Africa, Williams' images have shed light on some of the continent's struggles during the modern era. But for "The Edge of Town" -- a study of South Africa's marginalized communities -- Williams moved away from his conventional documentary approach in an attempt to convey the "complex and conflicting" feelings he has towards his country. So, out went standing back and training his lens from a wider view as Williams traveled to edge-of-town communities. "So the photographs are very intimate, in that I am right inside what's happening rather than sitting back and looking in." Williams elected to shoot his subjects in low sunlight -- either at the beginning or end of the day -- with inky shadows stretching across many of the scenes which contrast neatly with the vibrant saturated colors, helping create a more dramatic mood, he says. "Sometimes there is a real sense of hope, other times there is a sort of frustration or despair. It's always that combination, fluctuating between extremes," he says. South Africa clearly still has some way to go before the inequalities which persist between rich and poor are reduced, and Williams believes that only a narrowing of this gap will mean that long-term change is taking root. Nine of the 41 images which make up "The Edge of Town" can be seen alongside other contemporary South African photographer's.
2ND Capturing the spirit of South Africa's marginalized communities
Theses statement: A photographer that likes to take pictures to Africa (especially South Africa).
(CNN) -- Photographer Graeme Williams has spent over 20 YEARS TAKING NOTES OF the events that have FORMED the lives of MANY PEPLE in Africa. From the WAYS TO HAVE democracy in his COUNTRY South Africa, Williams' PHOTOS have shed light on some of the continent's CONFLICTS during the modern era. But for "The Edge of Town" -- a study of South Africa's marginalized communities – Williams CHANGED his COMMON documentary approach in an attempt to convey the "complex and conflicting" feelings he has towards his NATION. So, out went standing back and training his lens from a wider view as Williams traveled to edge-of-town communities. "So the photographs are very intimate, in that I am right inside what's OCCURING INSTEAD OF sitting back and looking in." Williams elected to shoot his THEMES in low sunlight – EVEN AT THE BEGGING OR END OF THE DAY -- with inky shadows GOING across LOT of the scenes which contrast neatly with the vibrant saturated colors, helping create a more INTERESTING, EYE-CATCHING mood, he says. "Sometimes there is a real FEELING of hope, other times there is a TYPE OF ANGRYNESS AND despair. It's always that combination, ACTING between extremes," he says. South Africa clearly still has some OPTIONS to go before the DIFFERENCES which persist between rich and poor are reduced, and Williams believes that only a narrowing of this gap will mean that long-term change is BEGGINIG. Nine of the 41 PHOTOS which make up "The Edge of Town" can be seen alongside other contemporary South African photographer's.
Barcelona set up a potential Champions League semifinal clash with Spanish rivals Real Madrid after ending the European hopes of Shakhtar Donetsk with a 1-0 victory on Tuesday. Two-time world player of the year Lionel Messi scored the only goal in the Ukraine as the La Liga leaders completed a 6-1 aggregate success. It was the 23-year-old Argentina international's 48th goal in 46 games this season, a new club record which leaves him one behind the alltime Spanish record set by Real's Ferenc Puskas ahead of the campaign's second "El Clasico" league clash between the two teams in Madrid on Saturday. Pep Guardiola's team will face Real four times before the end of this season if Jose Mourinho's side can, as expected, protect a 4-0 lead away to English club Tottenham on Wednesday.
Barcelona Football Club has shown great potential as a champion of the UEFA by getting to the semi-finals. They beat Shaktar Donetsk first 5-1 at home, and as a visitor they won 1-0. It seems that the BBVA league classic match shall take place again in the champions league. If Real Madrid maintains it superiority over Tottenham by its initial lead of 4-0 it shall meet the FCB at the semifinals. Salvador MAttar
HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the United States conducted twoatomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, the first on August 6, 1945 and the second on August 9, 1945. These two events are the only active deployments of nuclear weapons in war to date. For six months, the United States had made use of intense strategic fire-bombing of 67 Japanese cities. Within the first two to four months of the bombings, the acute effects killed 90,000–166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000–80,000 in Nagasaki, with roughly half of the deaths in each city occurring on the first day. The Hiroshima prefectural health department estimates that, of the people who died on the day of the explosion, 60% died from flash or flame burns, 30% from falling debris and 10% from other causesSix days after the detonation over Nagasaki, on August 15, Japan announced its surrender to the Allied Powers, signing the Instrument of Surrender on September 2, officially ending the Pacific War and therefore World War II. Germany had signed itsInstrument of Surrender on May 7, ending the war in Europe.
Born Free USA, an animal welfare organization, recently conducted an undercover investigation of wildlife trapping in the state of Pennsylvania. The investigation revealed nothing virtuous; instead, Born Free USA found shocking animal cruelty: a trapper using a stick to drown a raccoon, trappers suffocating of foxes by crushing their chests, and the use of illegal snare traps. It definitely seems like the Pennsylvania Game Commission needs a little education from Born Free USA. The PA Game Commission has a particularly detailed website on the how-to of trapping animals, featuring general "trapping tips" and the "best management practices" for trapping certain species. The website states that it illegal in Pennsylvania to trap beavers, bobcats, migratory birds, big game, threatened species or endangered species, but it seems every other animal is fair game. A steel jaw trap can't distinguish between an endangered species and that groundhog that's been eating your garden. More than 80 countries have banned the leghold trap, but it is still legal in the United States. Most states do not require trappers to report "non-target animals" who are trapped or killed. Non-target animals are often domestic cats and dogs, and Born Free USA estimates that one in three victims is a non-target animal. A leghold trap means a slow, grisly death for the animal, regardless of whether that animal is wild or a household pet. All animals deserve better.
Same Old Garbage, but a Crisp New Slogan By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
MTA The new trash can design was introduced at Bowling Green and Whitehall in February. It will be rolled out on 5,000 garbage cans throughout the system over the next six months. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has quietly started plastering thousands of the subway system’s black trash cans with a newly configured decal anchored by the slogan “Litter Stops Here.”Close observers of the subway ecosystem will recall the last batch of garbage-related posters featured the rhyming instruction “Can It for a Greener Planet!” above a haiku-like poem: “Your City / Your Subway / Your Station / Your Litter.”The new poster takes advantage of the two-tiered structure of the average subway garbage can, or “trash receptacles,” as they are known in in-house M.T.A. parlance. The slogan, printed in large white-on-black letters on the top rim of the can, is easily spotted by straphangers; it is also the only three words on the entire poster, which depends on visuals rather than text. To that end, the poster’s body has a simple pictogram of male and female stick figures depositing objects that look like coffee-cups into a trash bin. The background is entirely black. Garbage has been the focus of some recent criticism aimed at the transportation authority. It was reported that some track workers had transported garbage bags on passenger trains late at night, leading to internal sanctions against the offending supervisors. The agency is in the midst of overhauling its marketing materials, in a process that produced “Litter Stops Here.” By: GIULIANO LIBONATI
Arkansas Swings Closer to a Ban on Pet Monkeys
ResponderEliminarBy Martin Matheny • March 24, 2011
Topics: Animal Sanctuaries • Wildlife • Animals
There are a few things you ought to know about keeping primates as pets. They are long-lived, and they need care and nurturing every day for a lifespan that could stretch into decades. There's at least some risk of disease transmission to humans. Most importantly, they are wild animals, not suited to be pets in just about every case, and, being wild animals by nature, they can also be dangerous to their owners and others.
Arkansas legislators seem to be getting that, and earlier this week, the Arkansas Senate passed a bill banning the ownership of primate as pets.
It's unfortunate, but a lot of people are just enamored with baby monkeys. The problem is, baby monkeys eventually grow up to be adult monkeys. When they do, they often become more aggressive, more dangerous. The chances of them turning on their owner or another human increase dramatically.
It doesn't have to be that way, but the only solution is to prevent people from owning primates as pets.
Born Free USA has been preaching that gospel for years. They've been a leader in protecting primates, especially when it comes to raising awareness of the inherent problems and dangers of primates as pets.
It looks like they've got an ally in State Senator Percy Malone, who wrote SB 901. His bill bans private ownership of primates, as well as breeding and sales to other private owners.
Arkansas has a reputation as being perhaps not the most progressive state when it comes to animal protection laws, but this is a step in the right direction.
Arkansas Swings Closer to a Ban on Pet Monkeysby Martin Matheny · March 24, 2011
ResponderEliminarMonkeys need care every day andthere's at least some risk of disease transmission to humans. Alout of times monkeys are wild animals, not suited to be pets in just about every case, and, being wild animals by nature, they can also be dangerous to their owners and others. That's why people shouldn't keep primates as pets. Arkansas legislators seem to be getting that, and earlier this week, the Arkansas Senate passed a bill banning the ownership of primate as pets. That bill, SB 901, is up before the Arkansas House for consideration. People are enamored of baby monkeys and this is a problem because baby monkeys grow up to be adult monkeys. Monkeys become agresive and dengerous. The chances of them turning on their owner or another human increase dramatically. Too many pet primates, their life ends when that happens. Sometimes it ends with a bullet. It doesn't have to be that way, but the only solution is to prevent people from owning primates as pets. His bill bans private ownership of primates, as well as breeding and sales to other private owners. There's also a good exemption for sanctuaries, so there will still be safe places for rescued primates to go. Malone's bill passed unanimously in the Senate. It's time for us to ask the House to do the same.
NATHALIA ALZATE
‘Undecorate’ by Christiane Lemieux
ResponderEliminarBy RIMA SUQI
Christiane Lemieux and Rumaan Alam wrote a book called “Undecorated”. This title might be a little bit deceptive. Really the 20 different spaces shown on the book, although are not decorated in the traditional way, they have a lot of style. Ms. Lemieux assures that people who “decorated” the spaces that appear in the book are very sophisticated. She also says that in interior design there is not start or end because everything is constantly changing. Lemieux gave credits to the web because of the impulse it gave to the phenomenon of interiors that reflect the owners with a lot of style. She says that is used to be common that only people with very cool houses went to the estate sales and just look and buy everything. But now it is possible for everyone to have access to a very cool flea market stuff 24/7. The electric interior is very popular now because it is achievable.
BY: PAOLA PEREZ
Gay Bar Mourns Elizabeth Taylor
ResponderEliminarBy BROOKS BARNES
It seems like her death was a terrible crisis for the gays and specially this great bar that she frequent. A gay bar, even a fancy one with chandeliers and a roaring fireplace like the Abbey, seems an unlikely haunt for a megastar, because the actress who died last Wednesday seems like if she drink some martinis and sipping tequilas from her wheelchair. Many people began to mourn Elizabeth in the bar by donating autographed things given with affection by Taylor, and also by decorating the place with photos and recent good moments like a martini just for Ms. Taylors 1944 film “National Velvet.” “People have been walking up and starting to cry,” said Brian Rosman, an Abbey spokesman and a patron. “Others can’t talk, they get so emotional.” Many people in the bar said that it seems to her, to simply see gays like a normal thing, a normal person. Being gay was OK. Taylor had gay friends, and supported gays in the AIDS. For that treat she gave gays there were very surprised about her death with such a feeling. She was not the only star of her era to frequent West Hollywood’s cluster of gay bars. Legend has it that Loretta Lynn, but no other celebrity of Ms. Taylor’s wattage became such a presence. “People steal it,” Mr. Cooley said. “We’ve screwed it on. We’ve glued it on. Nothing works. I think it’s a symbol to people — that she loved us as much as we loved her.”
Summary by: Carolina Zagarra
Radiation in Tokyo’s Water Has Dropped, Japan Says
ResponderEliminarBy DAVID JOLLY
TOKYO — Levels of a radioactive isotope found in Tokyo’s water supply fell by more than half on Thursday, testing below the country’s stringent maximum for infants, even as three workers at a stricken nuclear plant in northern Japan suffered radiation burns as they struggled to make emergency repairs.
The problem is not likely to end soon; nuclear workers will have to keep venting radioactive gases from the damaged reactors, adding to the plume of emissions carried by winds and dispersed by rain. The public has been warned not to consume food and milk from the area near the plant.
Mr. Edano said the three injured workers had sustained radiation burns to their legs while dragging an electrical cable through contaminated water in an effort to restore a crucial pump at Reactor No. 3 at the crippled plant, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.
The three were employed by a subcontractor of Tokyo Electric, Mr. Edano said, and were trying to connect a cable in the basement of the turbine building next to Reactor No. 3. They were exposed to more than 170 millisieverts of radiation, he said. Halting progress was reported in the efforts to restart cooling systems at the plant that were knocked out in the earthquake and tsunami on March 11.
A Tokyo Electric official said workers had managed to restore lighting in the central control room of Reactor No. 1, an important step toward restarting its cooling system.
The warning on Wednesday over the heightened levels of iodine 131, which can accumulate in the thyroid and cause cancer, set off widespread anxiety and a run on bottled water in Tokyo. On Thursday morning, the authorities were distributing water to an estimated 80,000 children and were considering importing bottled water.
The authorities said frequent rains might have washed radiation into Tokyo’s watershed, which lies mostly north and northeast of the city.
Japan’s limits on iodine 131 are far lower than those of the international agency, and are measured in units called becquerels. Japan says older children and adults should get no more than 300 becquerels per liter; the agency recommends a limit of 3,000 becquerels.
BY:valentina barbosa
Djokovic Beats Nadal to Win BNP Paribas Open
ResponderEliminarBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: March 20, 2011 at 9:36 PM ET
Djokovic defeated the world's top-ranked player 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to win the BNP Paribas Open title on Sunday, keeping the Serbian perfect this year.
Djokovic improved to 18-0, including victories at the Australian Open and in Dubai last month.
Djokovic will move into the No. 2 spot when the ATP Tour rankings are released Monday, having bumped Roger Federer down to third after he lost to Djokovic in the semifinals.
Djokovic became just the third player to beat Nadal and Federer in the same tournament twice, having last done it at Montreal in 2007. That year, Djokovic lost to Nadal in the final at Indiana Wells, then won in 2008.
Djokovic broke to lead 5-3 in the second set, then survived a five-deuce game on his serve to take the set, winning when Nadal's backhand went wide. It was the first of six straight games he'd win as the Spainard's first-serve percentage dipped to 25 percent.
Wozniacki won her WTA Tour-leading 19th match of the year and her second title while appearing in the final for her third consecutive tournament.
Bartoli was playing in her first final since 2009, and she fell to 2-6 in matches against the No. 1 player.
The victory allowed Wozniacki to improve her results for the fifth straight year in the desert. She lost in the first round in her 2007 debut, reached the fourth round in 2008, the quarterfinals in 2009 and was runner-up to Jelena Jankovic.
She earned $700,000, and was already assured of remaining No. 1 through the upcoming two-week tournament in Miami. Bartoli is projected to be No. 10 when the rankings are released Monday, her first time back in the top 10 since June 2008.
Wozniacki rolled through the first set, breaking Bartoli three times with well-placed shots that jerked her from side to side and up and back. Bartoli was breathing heavily throughout the match that was played in 65-degree temperatures under overcast skies.
Bartoli earned the only two breaks of the second set, when Wozniacki seemed content to stay back and rally instead of trying to go for as many winners as she did in the opening set.
Wozniacki broke Bartoli after two deuces to open the third. She owned triple break point in the third game, but missed a forehand that allowed Bartoli to hold trailing 2-1. Bartoli was the first Frenchwoman to make an Indian Wells final.
Wozniacki got broken for the only time in the third on a missed backhand and Bartoli survived a deuce game on her serve to close to 4-3.
But Wozniacki won the final two games, breaking Bartoli to close out the match.
BY VANESSA NAVARRO
Police Sexual Assault Victim Arrested for Recording Officer Misconduct.
ResponderEliminarTwenty-year-old Tiawanda Moore went to Chicago Police Headquarters to report being fondled by an officer. But Internal Affairs didn't want to take her complaint. After asking for new investigators and being refused, Moore turned on her Blackberry recorder to document this second instance of police misconduct. When the investigators realized they were being taped, they promptly arrested Moore for eavesdropping, a charge that carries a sentence of up to 15 years.
Meanwhile, as Moore awaits trial in May, no disciplinary action has been taken against the officer who groped her.
The Chicago Taskforce on Violence against Girls and Young Women has taken up Tiawanda Moore's cause and launched a petition on her behalf on Change.org, calling for Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez to drop the eavesdropping charges and for the police sexual misconduct investigation to be undertaken in a timely manner.
Moore didn't know that by turning on a recorder she was committing an illegal act, and the idea that attempting to document misconduct by police would put you away for 15 years is ludicrous.
In addition, the law in question has a pretty key exception: it doesn't apply to an individual who holds a "reasonable suspicion" that they're about to be victim of a crime. Given that Moore was a subject of police misconduct at the time she turned on her cellphone, it seems pretty clear that the charges against her are bogus. The arrest and her pending trial seem more results of a vendetta by people caught in the act of doing wrong than a reasonable response to her actions -- by people who know Moore is a vulnerable target without the resources to fight back against a cover-up by some bad Chicago cops.
BY:XIOMARA ANGULO.
A subsidiary of Australian coal company Ambre Energy, withdrew its permit application to build the United States’ first West Coast coal export terminal last week.
ResponderEliminarMore than 300 Change.org activists signed a petition to complement the efforts of environmental groups such as theSierra Club and concerned local citizens to fight the project. EarthJustice represented those groups in a legal appeal of the terminal’s project permit.
Even as advertised, the proposed project was a bad deal for Longview residents, but it turns out that Millennium Bulk Terminals had more sinister intentions than they we willing to let on.
Time and again, Millennium assured residents and government officials that the facility would export to China only 5.7 million tons of coal per year. That was already enough to raise serious concerns about the health risks of coal dust and significant traffic while waiting for coal trains to traverse the area.
Internal documents and emails now show that Millennium was intentionally deceiving state officials about the size of the project. In reality, they were actually planning to build a facility that would export up to an astounding 80 million tons of coal each year – nearly 15 times what the company had publicly claimed.
They knew Longview was uneasy with the scope and nature of the project even at fraction of its true size. Better, they decided, to get an established toehold in the small city of 36,000 to gain the leverage to subsequently force an unwanted expansion.
Thanks to the tireless efforts of activists and documents revealed in the legal challenge, this plan was uncovered before it could be perpetrated
Domestic coal companies are determined to feed the booming Chinese market.
by: xiomara angulo
Reese Witherspoon Weds Agent Beau in Californi
ResponderEliminarBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reese Witherspoon has walked down the aisle. A spokeswoman for the actress says the "Walk the Line" star wed her fiance, Hollywood agent Jim Toth, in Ojai, Calif., about 90 miles north of Los Angeles. Publicist Nicole Perna did not reveal details about the Saturday ceremony.
The Oscar-winning actress and Toth announced their engagement in December.
Toth is an agent for Creative Artists Agency, which represents Witherspoon through another agent.
The 35-year-old actress won an Academy Award for her portrayal of June Carter in 2005's "Walk the Line." Witherspoon's other film credits include "Legally Blonde," ''Four Christmases" and the forthcoming "Water for Elephants." She was previously married to actor Ryan Phillippe, with whom she has two children: 11-year-old daughter Ava and 7-year-old son Deacon.
By: Maria Beatriz Daza
With her platinum blonde locks and pillar-box-red lips, singer-songwriter Gwen Stefani is one of Hollywood's most influential style icons.
ResponderEliminarAs a solo artist and as lead singer of band "No Doubt," Stefani has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. But her influence stretches far beyond music. Her innate sense of style and unbelievable power to start trends has created one of the most successful celebrity fashion labels – LAMB (Love Angel Music Baby). Stefani has not only had a hand in designing, but has been regularly seen wearing her "look" and her "personality."
She thinks fashion is not that deep and that is more like a fun thing were you can express yourself.
"When I started with the band, when I was 17, I would waste all my time at school thinking about fashion and drive to the fabric store and just find stuff. Seven years on with the fashion stuff and
Stefani is still creating chart topping music and still has her finger on the creative pulse, creating her own style, be it in music or fashion.
"Music is the fire, so I have to start there, always pull from the same inspiration every season, always from music"
"I think everyone has a style, style is just your personality. I don't know if it's better or worse, I think fashion is not that deep. Its clothes, its just fun." said Gwen.
by: valeria naissir
With her platinum blonde locks and pillar-box-red lips, singer-songwriter Gwen Stefani is one of Hollywood's most influential style icons.
ResponderEliminarAs a solo artist and as lead singer of band "No Doubt," Stefani has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. But her influence stretches far beyond music. Her innate sense of style and unbelievable power to start trends has created one of the most successful celebrity fashion labels – LAMB (Love Angel Music Baby). Stefani has not only had a hand in designing, but has been regularly seen wearing her "look" and her "personality."
She thinks fashion is not that deep and that is more like a fun thing were you can express yourself.
"When I started with the band, when I was 17, I would waste all my time at school thinking about fashion and drive to the fabric store and just find stuff. Seven years on with the fashion stuff and
Stefani is still creating chart topping music and still has her finger on the creative pulse, creating her own style, be it in music or fashion.
"Music is the fire, so I have to start there, always pull from the same inspiration every season, always from music"
"I think everyone has a style, style is just your personality. I don't know if it's better or worse, I think fashion is not that deep. Its clothes, its just fun." said Gwen.
by: valeria naissir
Will the White House Sacrifice Polar Bears to Big Oil?
ResponderEliminarby Martin Matheny ·
Chances are, if you're reading this, I don't need to tell you why this is a horrible idea. But, just in case we've got a few Big Oil execs slumming on the progressive, social change side of things, I'll sum up.
First of all, it's important to understand why Beaufort and Chukchi are important from a wildlife perspective. The big, ultra-charismatic reason is polar bears. These two bodies of water are sometimes called the "polar bear seas." It's not just polar bears, of course. You've also got walruses, various whales, and a slew of other species.
A major spill in the Gulf of Mexico is bad enough, but at least the weather makes it somewhat easy to mitigate the effects of spilled oil. As if that wasn't enough, the nearest Coast Guard stations are hundreds of miles away, and they have far less in the way of resources to help with a spill than they have in the Gulf.
The payoff on opening up drilling is just not very good. The polar bears and walruses, of course, will be gone forever if there's an accident. Wildlife is only a renewable resource to a point.
Natalia Angulo.
No Belfry, Just a House With 20,000 or So Bats
ResponderEliminarTIFTON, Ga. — The civic leaders of this south Georgia town want it to be known for more than just bats.It still calls itself the reading capital of the world, after beating other cities in competition over whose residents could read the most books.But at the moment, the most interesting thing about Tifton is an abandoned Victorian house filled with thousands of bats.Tift County declared the once-elegant house in the town’s historic district off limits on Monday after a bat specialist said that maybe 20,000 bats had moved in, apparently for good.And then, of course, there is the matter of reputation. Tifton, like many towns in the South, has its share of bats.Still, bats sometimes get into houses and animal control officers or wildlife specialists remove them. “You can’t imagine how thick they must be in there. They’re in the walls and ceilings,” said Regenia Wells, the county animal control director.But what to do? Bats are protected by federal and state law, so you can’t just out and out kill them. They can be moved, but that method has its challenges when you’re talking thousands.Meanwhile, the bat house of Tifton is likely to remain something of an attraction for area residents like Patricia Luke, 49, who stopped by right after her shift ended at the Golden Corral restaurant.“I just had to see it,” she said. “I was wondering how 20,000 bats could be in there. But it’s a big house. You could fit ’em.”
Robbie Brown reported from Tifton, and Kim Severson from Atlanta.
Summary by Avrile Le Duc
The iPad 2 Has Been a Boom to eBay
ResponderEliminarThe iPad 2, which is very difficult to acquire at Apple stores is creating a health in online market. EBay, the online marketplace, is one of the most advanced one, released information on showing how popular the iPad 2 had become on its Web site because of its high demand. The company said that 65 percent of iPad 2 sold on eBay were purchased by buyers in the United States. Although the majority of sales on eBay have taken place in the United States, people living in Russia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan and Britain have also purchased a large number of iPad 2s. The most sought-after models of the iPad 2 are on the low and high end. The least desired iPad 2 is the 16-gigabyte 3G model, making up only 7 percent of iPad 2 sales. The first-generation iPad is still selling well online too.
by luis rueda
Tablets, Compared
ResponderEliminar2010 was supposed to be the Year of the Tablet. That did not really happen — the flood of product was reduced to a trickle, as many manufacturers awaited a more tablet-friendly operating system from Google. So, once more, with feeling: 2011 will be the Year of the Tablet. Several new models have either been released, or are in a very advanced state of preview. This interactive guide can help sort through the latest offerings. Use the checkbox at the top of each listing to select it for comparison. And check back frequently — this page will be updated as new information or models are released
Apple introduced the second version of its iPad on March 2. The newer version is slimmer, lighter and has both front and rear-facing cameras. The devices can be bought to operate on either AT&T or Verizon's 3G networks. Competitors are cropping up with increasing frequency, but the iPad remains the dominant tablet on the market
Summary 2(owmn word)
2010 was supposed to be the a year of a "boom" of the electronic tables, but that didint happen, as many manufacters awaiteed a more tablet-friendly operating woth google services. Now we think that 2011 is going to be the Tablets Year. Many new models are going to be presented they are going to be advanced and secure.
. Use the checkbox at the top of each listing to select it for comparison. Many trade marks are going to present their tablets as: Samsung, Motorola, Hp, Dell, Blackberry, Samsung, Toshiba.
Even Apple is going to present their model "Ipad 2" this is going to have new thing camera, new networks, even they are going to bring new colors as Black and white.
Miguel Chain
Greenpeace Turning the Heat Up in Facebook Unfriend Coal Campaign
ResponderEliminarby Zachary Shahan • April 08, 2011
in this article, written by Zachary Shahan, is shown the big effort that is doing Greenpeace of organizing huge campaigns who will help the world. In this case, Greenpeace is working to get Facebook to an “unfriend coal”. In the web, has been shown a video were Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo and Facebook Marketing Director Randi Zuckerberg talk about the issue of getting Facebook to an “unfriend coal” in Earth day. A second video is announced in the article. It puts Facebook in a good place but, suddenly, it shows some graphs about the bad usage of coal in Facebook’s industries. Further than this video, Jodie Van Horn of Greenpeace said some words, and here they are: "Next week we are going to attempt to set a Guiness World Record for the highest number of comments on a Facebook post within a 24-hour period." This is how Facebook is going to become an “unfried coal” in Earth day!
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ResponderEliminarCapturing the spirit of South Africa's marginalized communities
Theses statement: A photographer that likes to take pictures to Africa (especially South Africa).
(CNN) -- Photographer Graeme Williams has spent over two decades documenting the events that have shaped the lives of millions in Africa. From the path towards democracy in his native South Africa, Williams' images have shed light on some of the continent's struggles during the modern era. But for "The Edge of Town" -- a study of South Africa's marginalized communities -- Williams moved away from his conventional documentary approach in an attempt to convey the "complex and conflicting" feelings he has towards his country. So, out went standing back and training his lens from a wider view as Williams traveled to edge-of-town communities. "So the photographs are very intimate, in that I am right inside what's happening rather than sitting back and looking in." Williams elected to shoot his subjects in low sunlight -- either at the beginning or end of the day -- with inky shadows stretching across many of the scenes which contrast neatly with the vibrant saturated colors, helping create a more dramatic mood, he says. "Sometimes there is a real sense of hope, other times there is a sort of frustration or despair. It's always that combination, fluctuating between extremes," he says. South Africa clearly still has some way to go before the inequalities which persist between rich and poor are reduced, and Williams believes that only a narrowing of this gap will mean that long-term change is taking root. Nine of the 41 images which make up "The Edge of Town" can be seen alongside other contemporary South African photographer's.
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Capturing the spirit of South Africa's marginalized communities
Theses statement: A photographer that likes to take pictures to Africa (especially South Africa).
(CNN) -- Photographer Graeme Williams has spent over 20 YEARS TAKING NOTES OF the events that have FORMED the lives of MANY PEPLE in Africa. From the WAYS TO HAVE democracy in his COUNTRY South Africa, Williams' PHOTOS have shed light on some of the continent's CONFLICTS during the modern era. But for "The Edge of Town" -- a study of South Africa's marginalized communities – Williams CHANGED his COMMON documentary approach in an attempt to convey the "complex and conflicting" feelings he has towards his NATION. So, out went standing back and training his lens from a wider view as Williams traveled to edge-of-town communities. "So the photographs are very intimate, in that I am right inside what's OCCURING INSTEAD OF sitting back and looking in." Williams elected to shoot his THEMES in low sunlight – EVEN AT THE BEGGING OR END OF THE DAY -- with inky shadows GOING across LOT of the scenes which contrast neatly with the vibrant saturated colors, helping create a more INTERESTING, EYE-CATCHING mood, he says. "Sometimes there is a real FEELING of hope, other times there is a TYPE OF ANGRYNESS AND despair. It's always that combination, ACTING between extremes," he says. South Africa clearly still has some OPTIONS to go before the DIFFERENCES which persist between rich and poor are reduced, and Williams believes that only a narrowing of this gap will mean that long-term change is BEGGINIG. Nine of the 41 PHOTOS which make up "The Edge of Town" can be seen alongside other contemporary South African photographer's.
by: GIANCARLO FIGUEROA
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ResponderEliminarCapturing the spirit of South Africa's marginalized communities
Theses statement: A photographer that likes to take pictures to Africa (especially South Africa).
(CNN) -- Photographer Graeme Williams has spent over two decades documenting the events that have shaped the lives of millions in Africa. From the path towards democracy in his native South Africa, Williams' images have shed light on some of the continent's struggles during the modern era. But for "The Edge of Town" -- a study of South Africa's marginalized communities -- Williams moved away from his conventional documentary approach in an attempt to convey the "complex and conflicting" feelings he has towards his country. So, out went standing back and training his lens from a wider view as Williams traveled to edge-of-town communities. "So the photographs are very intimate, in that I am right inside what's happening rather than sitting back and looking in." Williams elected to shoot his subjects in low sunlight -- either at the beginning or end of the day -- with inky shadows stretching across many of the scenes which contrast neatly with the vibrant saturated colors, helping create a more dramatic mood, he says. "Sometimes there is a real sense of hope, other times there is a sort of frustration or despair. It's always that combination, fluctuating between extremes," he says. South Africa clearly still has some way to go before the inequalities which persist between rich and poor are reduced, and Williams believes that only a narrowing of this gap will mean that long-term change is taking root. Nine of the 41 images which make up "The Edge of Town" can be seen alongside other contemporary South African photographer's.
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Capturing the spirit of South Africa's marginalized communities
Theses statement: A photographer that likes to take pictures to Africa (especially South Africa).
(CNN) -- Photographer Graeme Williams has spent over 20 YEARS TAKING NOTES OF the events that have FORMED the lives of MANY PEPLE in Africa. From the WAYS TO HAVE democracy in his COUNTRY South Africa, Williams' PHOTOS have shed light on some of the continent's CONFLICTS during the modern era. But for "The Edge of Town" -- a study of South Africa's marginalized communities – Williams CHANGED his COMMON documentary approach in an attempt to convey the "complex and conflicting" feelings he has towards his NATION. So, out went standing back and training his lens from a wider view as Williams traveled to edge-of-town communities. "So the photographs are very intimate, in that I am right inside what's OCCURING INSTEAD OF sitting back and looking in." Williams elected to shoot his THEMES in low sunlight – EVEN AT THE BEGGING OR END OF THE DAY -- with inky shadows GOING across LOT of the scenes which contrast neatly with the vibrant saturated colors, helping create a more INTERESTING, EYE-CATCHING mood, he says. "Sometimes there is a real FEELING of hope, other times there is a TYPE OF ANGRYNESS AND despair. It's always that combination, ACTING between extremes," he says. South Africa clearly still has some OPTIONS to go before the DIFFERENCES which persist between rich and poor are reduced, and Williams believes that only a narrowing of this gap will mean that long-term change is BEGGINIG. Nine of the 41 PHOTOS which make up "The Edge of Town" can be seen alongside other contemporary South African photographer's.
by: GIANCARLO FIGUEROA
Barcelona set up a potential Champions League semifinal clash with Spanish rivals Real Madrid after ending the European hopes of Shakhtar Donetsk with a 1-0 victory on Tuesday.
ResponderEliminarTwo-time world player of the year Lionel Messi scored the only goal in the Ukraine as the La Liga leaders completed a 6-1 aggregate success.
It was the 23-year-old Argentina international's 48th goal in 46 games this season, a new club record which leaves him one behind the alltime Spanish record set by Real's Ferenc Puskas ahead of the campaign's second "El Clasico" league clash between the two teams in Madrid on Saturday.
Pep Guardiola's team will face Real four times before the end of this season if Jose Mourinho's side can, as expected, protect a 4-0 lead away to English club Tottenham on Wednesday.
Barcelona Football Club has shown great potential as a champion of the UEFA by getting to the semi-finals. They beat Shaktar Donetsk first 5-1 at home, and as a visitor they won 1-0. It seems that the BBVA league classic match shall take place again in the champions league. If Real Madrid maintains it superiority over Tottenham by its initial lead of 4-0 it shall meet the FCB at the semifinals.
Salvador MAttar
HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
ResponderEliminarDuring the final stages of World War II in 1945, the United States conducted twoatomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, the first on August 6, 1945 and the second on August 9, 1945. These two events are the only active deployments of nuclear weapons in war to date. For six months, the United States had made use of intense strategic fire-bombing of 67 Japanese cities. Within the first two to four months of the bombings, the acute effects killed 90,000–166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000–80,000 in Nagasaki, with roughly half of the deaths in each city occurring on the first day. The Hiroshima prefectural health department estimates that, of the people who died on the day of the explosion, 60% died from flash or flame burns, 30% from falling debris and 10% from other causesSix days after the detonation over Nagasaki, on August 15, Japan announced its surrender to the Allied Powers, signing the Instrument of Surrender on September 2, officially ending the Pacific War and therefore World War II. Germany had signed itsInstrument of Surrender on May 7, ending the war in Europe.
Investigation Reveals Fur Industry's Barbaric Animal Trapping Practices
ResponderEliminarBorn Free USA, an animal welfare organization, recently conducted an undercover investigation of wildlife trapping in the state of Pennsylvania. The investigation revealed nothing virtuous; instead, Born Free USA found shocking animal cruelty: a trapper using a stick to drown a raccoon, trappers suffocating of foxes by crushing their chests, and the use of illegal snare traps. It definitely seems like the Pennsylvania Game Commission needs a little education from Born Free USA. The PA Game Commission has a particularly detailed website on the how-to of trapping animals, featuring general "trapping tips" and the "best management practices" for trapping certain species. The website states that it illegal in Pennsylvania to trap beavers, bobcats, migratory birds, big game, threatened species or endangered species, but it seems every other animal is fair game. A steel jaw trap can't distinguish between an endangered species and that groundhog that's been eating your garden. More than 80 countries have banned the leghold trap, but it is still legal in the United States. Most states do not require trappers to report "non-target animals" who are trapped or killed. Non-target animals are often domestic cats and dogs, and Born Free USA estimates that one in three victims is a non-target animal. A leghold trap means a slow, grisly death for the animal, regardless of whether that animal is wild or a household pet. All animals deserve better.
--Camilo Rueda--
Same Old Garbage, but a Crisp New Slogan
ResponderEliminarBy MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
MTA The new trash can design was introduced at Bowling Green and Whitehall in February. It will be rolled out on 5,000 garbage cans throughout the system over the next six months. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has quietly started plastering thousands of the subway system’s black trash cans with a newly configured decal anchored by the slogan “Litter Stops Here.”Close observers of the subway ecosystem will recall the last batch of garbage-related posters featured the rhyming instruction “Can It for a Greener Planet!” above a haiku-like poem: “Your City / Your Subway / Your Station / Your Litter.”The new poster takes advantage of the two-tiered structure of the average subway garbage can, or “trash receptacles,” as they are known in in-house M.T.A. parlance. The slogan, printed in large white-on-black letters on the top rim of the can, is easily spotted by straphangers; it is also the only three words on the entire poster, which depends on visuals rather than text. To that end, the poster’s body has a simple pictogram of male and female stick figures depositing objects that look like coffee-cups into a trash bin. The background is entirely black. Garbage has been the focus of some recent criticism aimed at the transportation authority. It was reported that some track workers had transported garbage bags on passenger trains late at night, leading to internal sanctions against the offending supervisors. The agency is in the midst of overhauling its marketing materials, in a process that produced “Litter Stops Here.”
By: GIULIANO LIBONATI