UN SAYS DEFORESTATION THREATENS GLOBAL ECONOMY & COMMUNITY

Deforestation not only threatens the planet’s climate and national economic development, but also communities whose income, culture and way of life depend on healthy forests, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today on a visit to Indonesia.

Mr. Ban was in the Central Kalimantan region of Borneo, which has been chosen by the Indonesian Government for a pilot programme of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) initiative.

Arab Spring and Syria

Syrian army defectors have reportedly killed or wounded nearly two dozen members of the security police after attacking a Damascus base for military intelligence, bringing Syria closer than ever to civil war

The so called Arab Spring: is a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab world that began on Saturday, 18 December 2010.

OWS ANNIVERSARY MARCH. NYPD Says They're Prepared.

US MILITARY EXPANDS IN AUSTRALIA. China Balks.

US WARNS EGYPT. On Government Transition.

ISOLATED SYRIA. Time Running Out.

BOA PROTEST. San Francisco.

Why?
A few infringing links are enough to justify censoring an entire site, blocking good content along with the bad.
How?
The US will be able to block a site’s web traffic, ad traffic and search traffic using the same website censorship methods used by China, Iran and Syria.
Who's at risk?
Your favorite websites both inside and outside the US could be blocked based on an infringement claim.
Could this pass?
Yes. The Stop Online Piracy Act and the PROTECT IP Act have widespread support in Congress and are expected to pass.

US Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx) has announced the reintroduction of his bill, H.R. 3413, to name the post office on West Avenue in the Bronx after Private Isaac T. Cortes, an Army soldier and Bronx native who was killed in Iraq in 2007.

Pvt. Cortes was raised in the Parkchester neighborhood of the Bronx and attended Christopher Columbus High School. He enlisted in the Army on November 21, 2006, completed his individual infantry training course in Fort Benning, Ga., and then moved on to Fort Drum before being deployed to Iraq in September 2007.

Eight NYC public high school teachers who engage their students with passion, animation and scholarly studies have earned Sloan Awards for Excellence in Teaching Science & Mathematics.

The awards are presented annually by the Fund for the City of New York and sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation includes a $5,000 prize.

Among the criteria to be used in the evaluation of the candidates are:

• Student achievement, progress and outcomes
• Teaching style and effectiveness
• Innovation and creativity in the classroom environment