| Castro: I Thought I Was Going To Die
When I fell gravely ill the night of the 26th and dawn of the 27th of July, I thought that would be the end," the ailing 81-year-old wrote in an essay published on the front page of state newspapers. "And while the doctors fought for my life, the head aide of the Council of State read at my urging the text and I dictated the necessary arrangements," he wrote. Castro has not been seen in public since July 31, 2006, when his secretary Carlos Valenciaga read a statement on government television that emergency intestinal surgery was forcing the island's unchallenged leader since 1959 to cede power to a provisional government headed by his younger brother Raul. Though he stepped aside as president, Castro has retained his role as head of the island's supreme governing body, the Council of State.
minazione e resistenza irakena
Its official name is a mouthful: the Policymakers' Summary of the Synthesis Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment. So let's just call it The Synthesis. t is so important because it provides one concise, easily-readable but comprehensive text of facts, figures and diagrams in short all the information you need to understand and act on the threat of global warming, be you a politician, a businessman, an activist or a citizen (or for that matter, a doubter). The Synthesis has been distilled from more than 3,000 pages of research published in the three separate parts of the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report, or AR4, during the course of 2007 on the science of climate change, on its potential impacts, and the possible remedies.
Latest statistics and shocks still in store
* 11 of the past 12 years (1995-2006) rank among the 12 warmest years in instrumental records of global surface temperatures (since 1850)
* Global average sea level has risen since 1961 at an average rate of 1.8mm per year but since 1993 at an average rate of 3.1mm
* Temperature changes will depend on how much CO2 is emitted, but different scenarios see the increase by 2100 ranging from 0.3C to 6.4C
* Up to 30 per cent of the world's species are at increased risk of extinction after a 2C temperature rise
* Between 75 million and 250 million people in Africa could suffer water shortages by 2020; in Asia, heavily-populated "mega-deltas" are at greatly increased risk of flooding; tropical forest in eastern Amazonia will turn to savannah by mid-century
FURTHER REPORTS
The Big Melt: Lessons from the Arctic Summer of 2007
October 2007, carbon equity.
Costello 'right' to shun leadership
The man will speak for himself, but I take the view that his decision is the right one not to run for leadership," Mr Kroger told ABC Radio today. "The one mistake all these state oppositions make is - one of the reasons they keep losing - is that they think they're the government in exile. "Once you lose an election, the first thing you have to work out is what policies you're going to keep ... and acknowledge that the electorate has told you they don't want you. "It is very important for an opposition not to look like the government in exile." Mr Kroger said it was impossible to say if the coalition would have won a fifth straight election on Saturday if outgoing prime minister John Howard had stood aside for Mr Costello. Costello campaign would have been different However, he said the entire election campaign would have been much different.
Hip-Hop Rumors: THE REUP: Illseed's Saturday Hip-Hop Cartoons 2!
Since the “Saturday Morning Cartoons With Illseed" did so well, I had to reup for you guys! Check it out. I have to make this an ongoing series until it peters out!
Once upon a time, cartoons were like real life. Cats got girls, they died, cars crashed, and all that real stuff.
Take Robotech for example, When Roy Fokker died, I created a mural. That's right. For the kid, it was like a real person had died. I bonded with my cartoons, kiddo. With that said, I am going to keep with this cartoon thing until the wheel begin to wobble. Check me out right here.
SPEED RACER & RACER X – FROM THE WALLEY ERA!!
Speed Racer.
Winehouse reminds Boy George of himself
Boy George says Amy Winehouse reminds him of himself. The former Culture Club singer has long battled an addiction to cocaine, and realized he had a connection with the troubled star when she was recently taken to the same east London police station where he was held on charges of false imprisonment last May. George said, "I love Amy Winehouse. My favorite thing was seeing her going into Shoreditch police station (in connection to a bribery plot) because that's where I was nicked. It's obviously the pop star cop shop. .
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