February 2012
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Bus Purposefully Veers Into Cyclist -- Shocking...
Some shocking footage from a CCTV camera has been released showing a bus purposefully driving into a cyclist.
It’s said that the driver and the cyclist had had a disgreement shortly before the incident, which led to the bus driver using his bus ‘like a weapon’.
The driver’s personal lawyer said the collison was very much out of character and that it was done in a...
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What Is Your Water Footprint?
Taken from: http://www.josephbergen.com/viz/water/
What is your water footprint? Use this very interactive data visualistion to compare water consumption between countries. As can be seen from the map, Somalia stands out in stark red. It has been in the grip of the East Africa famine since mid 2011 and has displaced hundreds of thousands of people, living them without anywhere near the...
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We Can Be Heroes
Source: http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2012/01/23/dc-entertainment-announces-%E2%80%9Cwe-can-be-heroes%E2%80%9D-an-unprecedented-giving-campaign-to-fight-the-hunger-crisis-in-the-horn-of-africa/
DC Comic’s latest campaign seeks to spport the fight against the East Africa famine. It pledges to match every donation given by one hundred percent. It is also releasing specially branded...
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January 2012
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National Thank You Month
January 2012 is National Thank You Month.
With life being the fast paced, demanding place that it is these days, it can be difficult to slow down and remember to say thank you now and then. But when you do stop to think, it can hit you that there are many people in your day-to-day life that deserve a little recognition for the things that they do. And it’s surprising the effect the two...
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December 2011
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Dinner Party in the Waves -- Oxfam at COP17
To highlight the effect of climate change on food production, Oxfam staged a dinner party in the sea. It was their opening presentation at the COP17 conference, where United Nations leaders have gathered to discuss climate change. The charity is seeking to pressure the leaders to maintain promises they have previously made with the Kyoto Protocol, and make real the promise of $100 million to...
