YouTube - Internet cell phone popcorn HOAX - secret revealed

YouTube - Internet cell phone popcorn HOAX - secret revealed

Why Africa Is Still Starving - TIME

Why Africa Is Still Starving - TIME:

"In the six weeks to mid-July, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) treated 11,800 Ethiopian children for severe acute malnutrition. At a tented hospital in the town of Kuyera, 50 out of 1,000 died, double the rate MSF expects for a full-fledged famine. 'It's very bizarre,' says Jean de Cambry, a Belgian MSF veteran of crises from Sudan to Afghanistan. 'It's so green. But you have all these people dying of hunger.' The verdure around Kuyera is misleading. It is the product of rains in June, too late for the first of two annual crops. From January to May, the fields were parched and brown. And one failed harvest is enough to turn Ethiopia, a nation of 66 million farmers, into a humanitarian catastrophe."

UPDATE 3-Olympics-Media not told of censorship plan, IOC say | Reuters

While I am looking forward to the Olympics, btw censorship, pollution, Tibet, etc, I am tempted to not watch. I am sure I will give in, but there sure seem like better places to hold them!

UPDATE 3-Olympics-Media not told of censorship plan, IOC say | Reuters:

"As the row over censorship continued to rumble, Gosper said that both he and the international media had been taken by surprise that some sensitive websites had been blocked despite many assurances from Beijing organisers that they would be able to work normally during the Games, which start on Aug. 8."

Barcelona

I uploaded some pictures of the fast Barcelona trip. They are here.

Benefits of Recycling Plastic Bottles » Earth 911

Benefits of Recycling Plastic Bottles » Earth 911:

"the plastic bottle recycling rate was only 24.3 percent in 2005.

Still, there is so much more we all can do. But, why should we?
Oil Conservation

Recycling a ton of plastic bottles saves approximately 3.8 barrels of oil"

One of my many big failures is to not push recycling more at the stores. I feel very bad about it. For instance the deli in Allegany!

Driving Less, Americans Finally React to Sting of Gas Prices, a Study Says - NYTimes.com

Economics always wins out..

Driving Less, Americans Finally React to Sting of Gas Prices, a Study Says - NYTimes.com:

"Sales of pickup trucks, minivans and sport utility vehicles have fallen below 50 percent of new passenger vehicle sales this year for the first time since 2001, the report says, as consumers turned to smaller vehicles in favor of fuel economy.

“It’s kind of stunning,” said Aaron F. Brady, a co-author of the report. “It was over 50 percent as late as February and by May it fell under 44 percent. It’s like falling off a cliff.”

Drivers, meanwhile, are becoming more prudent in their driving habits, either by using public transportation, carpooling or just cutting down on unnecessary trips, the two authors said in an interview. “Public transit ridership is surging all over the country,” said Samantha Gross, the other author."

The Associated Press: FEMA finishing closure of Louisiana trailer parks

The Associated Press: FEMA finishing closure of Louisiana trailer parks:

"Stampley was among the last Louisiana residents displaced by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 being moved from the state's remaining six trailer parks managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA planned to close all six by Sunday — the official start of hurricane season — but said it would take a few more days to move everyone into apartments or motels."