Monthly Archives: October 2011

March On! Egyptians to Occupy Wall Street: don’t stop, occupy more

# # # Tear Down This Wall Street! Occupy Wall Street Tribute: “March On” by Apollo Poetry Occupy Wall Street tribute poem – TravelingPoet.com presents “March On” – A tribute to the Occupy Together Movement. Solidarity Statement from Cairo To all … Continue reading

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World Population Reaches 7 Billion: Unprecedented, dangerous, unsolved problems of human impact on biosphere

▲ ▲ ▲ Earth at Night World Population Reaches 7 Billion Apparently there are 6,999,999,999 of you around me out there. Living in a rural area looking out at woodlands with no evidence of neighbors while I write this creates … Continue reading

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The Great Ocean Garbage Patches: Human trash impacting marine life

▲ ▲ ▲ Pollution on seashores and the open ocean is increasing The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Plastic bags and other human trash are now common in the world’s oceans. With the world’s population now reaching 7 billion people, up 1 … Continue reading

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The Great Penguin Rescue: Dyan deNapoli, an oil spill, & 40,000 penguins!

▲ ▲ ▲ African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus) during The Great Penguin Rescue The only penguin species that breeds in Africa Conservationists Respond to Save African Penguins The world’s largest animal rescue occurred in 2000 in South Africa. The iron-ore carrier MV Treasure … Continue reading

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Are Humans Advanced Simulations? Is the Universe a Virtual Reality?

▲ ▲ ▲ If the Universe is a simulation, are humans artificially intelligent beings? Objective Reality Vs. Virtual Reality The exponential increase in computing power has created more and more realistic games and virtual realities. This technological advancement in the … Continue reading

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Life in a Dictatorship: Protest at risk of your life in Syria

# # # March for Freedom Anti-government protesters holding banners as they march during a demonstration in Homs. Photo Credit: AFP Life In A Dictatorship Sue Lloyd-Roberts, of BBC Newsnight, displays extraordinary courage and sneaks into Homs, Syria to record … Continue reading

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The Ballad of Diamond Jim: A Too-Big-To-Fail Banker

# # # Diamond Jim: A Too-Big-To-Fail Banker Diamond Jim: The Ballad of a Would-Be, Too-Big-to-Fail Banker (PBS) Our favorite country-western money manager, Harvard-trained Nashville econo-crooner Merle Hazard, has collaborated with brilliant lyricist Marcy Shaffer to produce his slickest video to date: … Continue reading

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Sarah Kay, Poet & Spoken Word Artist: “Rethink”

♪ ♪ ♪ Sarah Kay: Poet & Spoken Word Artist Move Over, Boys. Sarah Kay Steals the Show The Nantucket Project, a festival of ideas held on Nantucket, Massachusetts this month, featured some major financial heavyweights including Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman … Continue reading

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Occupy Wall Street: Michael Moore on CNBC, “Bankers flushed the American Dream down the toilet”

# # # Michael Moore at Occupy Wall Street (Times Square) protests, under watchful eye of New York Police Department Photo Credit: ajagendorf25 Michael Moore on CNBC Michael Moore was recently on CNBC but the New York Stock Exchange would not … Continue reading

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Baby Dolphins Steal the Show: Diego, Doerte, Darwin make first public appearance

▲▲▲ Doerte with mother Delphi at Duisburg Zoo in Germany Star Attractions at Duisburg Zoo The star attractions at Germany’s Duisburg Zoo, baby dolphins Diego, Doerte and Darwin make their first public appearance. The three were born in the late … Continue reading

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Robots Replacing Americans In Workforce: Workers losing race against machines

▲ ▲ ▲ How many American workers are being replaced by robots, by automation? Technological Unemployment Although there is disagreement as to the true impact of automation in the workforce, American workers are losing jobs to automation and robots. This … Continue reading

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