The White Rose In the musical, “The Sound of Music” one of the songs, “Edelweiss” stirs your feelings. The musical is based on the Von Trapp family and their escape from the Nazis. Edelweiss is a white, mountain flower of Europe which in German means noble white. There is another story […]
Patient’s survival rests on time
Wake up in an ungodly hour of the night to find yourself gasping for breath. Or it could be your abdominal pain is unbearable. Or that your blood pressure shoots up to an unprecedented level? Without health insurance, whose monthly premiums are skyrocketing high and seemed unaffordable to those who only earn a measely monthly income, […]
Kick the Bums out of Office.
Chief Bratton and mayor Villaraigosa again have tried to mollify an ourtraged city by the tough and brutal repression on May 1st demonstrators in MacArthur park in the heart of the city. The chief of police and the mayor have come forth to hail another investigation that will delve deeply into the actions […]
Asia-Pacific needs US$9 trillion to develop new energy program
Rising demands for energy in the Asian region has been one of the focus of discussions during an open forum held at the 40th Annual Meeting of civil society representatives from the different parts of the world in Kyoto, Japan. Among the issues raised include hydropower, clean energy program, coal energy, and power sector privatization. If […]
Iraq’s billions of oil money in limbo
Iraq is known to have the super huge oil reserves the world over. Surprisingly, the country is still wallowing in political shambles and economic chaos so that basic services are not immediately available to most of those who need them. Various political factions, not to discount religious affiliations, are mixed in their interpretations on […]
MENA’s oil and gas revenues to reach US$320B in 2010
For the next two and a half decades, the global energy demands are expected to grow and it is highly likely that the world’s energy needs would be more than 50 percent higher in 2030 than today, the International Energy Agency said. During that time, the annual average growth rate for the global energy […]