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Hands wave in the air as students join a spirited discussion about start-up financing and laughter ripples through the class when someone IDs the three "Fs" of independent funding: Friends, family, fools.
A 17-year-old Argentine has undergone surgery to become a female only months after winning a court battle in the first case of its kind involving a minor in this country, a representative for the teen said Tuesday.
Two days after naming its mascot "PorkChop," the Philadelphia Phillies' new Triple-A affiliate abruptly dropped the moniker after receiving complaints from Hispanics that it was offensive.
The vivid sunsets painted by J.M.W. Turner are revered for their use of color and light and for their influence on the Impressionists. But could they also help global warming experts track climate change?
Helping the world's poor adapt to more floods, droughts and other changes from a warming planet will cost the richest nations at least $86 billion a year by 2015, an expert panel warned Tuesday.
The Bowl Championship Series will expand the pool of teams eligible for at-large bids if it's faced with a shortage of qualified contenders when the season is over.
Global warming is "unequivocal" and carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere commits the world to an eventual rise in sea levels of up to 4.6 feet, the world's top climate experts warned Saturday in their most authoritative report to date.
On a day when a U.N. panel warned of growing peril from climate change, John Edwards accused the oil and gas industry Saturday of deploying hundreds of lobbyists to Washington to resist efforts to free the nation from its dependence on fossil fuels.
The Earth is hurtling toward a warmer climate at a quickening pace, a Nobel-winning U.N. scientific panel said in a landmark report released Saturday, warning of inevitable human suffering and the threat of extinction for some species.
Delegates from more than 140 countries agreed Friday on a scientific "instant guide" for policy makers, stating more forcefully than ever that climate change has begun and threatens to irreversibly alter the planet.
The U.N.'s top climate official warned policymakers and scientists trying to hammer out a landmark report on climate change that ignoring the urgency of global warming would be "criminally irresponsible."
The United States is moving toward the regulation of carbon emissions, a U.S. energy official said Thursday, despite the Bush administration's adherence to a voluntary approach to controlling the primary gas blamed for climate change.
President Hugo Chavez is taking Venezuela back in time — by 30 minutes, to be exact.
Parts of Australia could be 9 degrees Fahrenheit hotter and 80 percent drier by 2070 if global greenhouse gas emissions are not radically reduced, government data said Tuesday.
Governments of almost 200 countries have agreed to speed the elimination of a major greenhouse gas that depletes ozone, U.N. and Canadian officials said Saturday, describing a deal they said was a significant step toward fighting global warming.
The science is clear and the time short, but the political will is lacking to confront global warming, the U.N. secretary-general said Tuesday.
As the world warms, the United States will face more severe thunderstorms with deadly lightning, damaging hail and the potential for tornadoes, a trailblazing study by NASA scientists suggests.
Presidential hopeful John Edwards said Thursday the Washington establishment is corrupt and suggested — without mentioning her by name — that rival Hillary Rodham Clinton has been part of that corroded system.
School teachers from across Alaska are getting lessons this month at the University of Alaska Fairbanks so they can more effectively teach their students back home about climate change.
Developed countries are hypocritical for criticizing China's greenhouse gas emissions while buying products from its booming manufacturing industry, Beijing said Thursday.
The head of NASA told scientists and engineers that he regrets airing his personal views about global warming during a recent radio interview, according to a video of the meeting obtained by The Associated Press.
The head of NASA said he was not sure global warming was a problem and added that it would be "arrogant" to assume the world's climate should not change in the future. Scientists called the remarks ignorant.
The Smithsonian Institution toned down an exhibit on climate change in the Arctic for fear of angering Congress and the Bush administration, says a former administrator at the museum.
Police on Sunday arrested a couple who are accused of lying to a Pakistani court about the gender of the husband, who was born female and had sex reassignment surgery 16 years ago.
Rising global temperatures could melt Latin America's glaciers within 15 years, cause food shortages affecting 130 million people across Asia by 2050 and wipe out Africa's wheat crop, according to a U.N. report released Tuesday.
After a long period of decay and stagnation, Sub-Saharan Africa has recently been enjoying its strongest economic period in more than three decades.
Monday, December 3: The GiveCard Use the GiveCard to give a different kind of gift card. Tuesday, December 4: Give Me a Hand (To Wash) It's National Handwashing Awareness Week.
In 2001, scientists predicted the Earth would warm by 1.4 - 5.8C by 2100. The scenarios (right) compare a fossil-fuel driven future with one where sustainable development is a priority.
Australian scientists discover the potential of kangaroos' environmentally-friendly farts in the fight to combat climate change.
We have all been in middle school and high school when someone was picked on, not because anything being said was true, but because those of us who needed to belong were able to belong by bringing up what they considered ugly qualities not worthy of their group.
Monday, November 26: Generous Surfing In search of online deals today? How about online giving? Tuesday, November 27: Dark for Darfur Turn off the holiday lights and send a donation to help people in Darfur.
Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.
THE incoming attorney-general, Robert McClelland, says Labor is unlikely to block a proposal by the ACT to legally recognise same-sex couples - a plan that was repeatedly stymied by the Howard Government.
Libraries are in need of funding, local councils are fitting 90% of funding in NSW, but I wonder is this due to the internet replacing libraries as an information resource? Are these protests likely to yield results?
The most important question is: Will we ever learn? And if we don't? The Nuclear Nations currently have the capacity, in a third conflagration, to end this cycle by ending life on earth. But then there will be no living being to muse What might have been?
the point of view of the 2007 Nobel peace prize on what the Oil and Gas companies should do to tackle climate change.
Learn exactly how Galba Bright's 7 Laws of Emotional Intelligence work together. Read four very different examples of how different peope used the 7 Laws help them thrive on change.
Monday, November 19: Give Better You have choices when you give to others. Tuesday, November 20: The Magic of Layers Save energy by piling it on. Wednesday, November 21: The Real Deal Meal See how everyone else in the world eats.
Heavy Load, the disability rights led punk band get the hesterglock panoramic celebration treatment....................
From here on out I refuse to endorse or vote for anyone who is linked to an individual who has already been in a major office. No more Jr's or the III's or spouses or anything. One family gets one shot.
Less than a week after announcing plans to combat climate change, the UK government announce plans to expand the largest airport in the UK. Joined up thinking? I think not...
Have you ever wondered why something is the way it is, but never did anything about it? Maybe it's time to start making a change!
Monday, November 12: Veterans Day Take some time today to remember. Tuesday, November 13: See Jane Read Spend this week helping children read. Wednesday, November 14: The Heat Is On To preheat or not to preheat? Thursday, November 15: Recycle It! Stat! Do the can-can.
"Change" is a pop song written by DEEKAY, Niara Scarlett, Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Keisha Buchanan for the Sugababes fifth studio album, Change (2007). The song is one of their best ballads and is beautifully written with an anthemic rocky chorus.
1. I would create Love Academies where people are taught how to love themselves and others unconditionally. Love is the greatest force for good in our world and there is not nearly enough to go round just now.
A recent article pointed out that before becoming President, George W Bush was against the idea of invading Iraq a second time and confronting Saddam. The article pointed out that Vice President Cheney expressed similar comments even a few years before W's.
Monday, November 5: Grocery Math Add it up and save. Tuesday, November 6: Be The Community Make some friends, help some kids. Wednesday, November 7: Ankle Deep In It Step in – the water's lukewarm.
Mother Nature - music video by Gary Revel. Possible dangers of global warming and climate change are the themes of the song that this video is produced around.
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