When people tell me that our President has delivered his 7th State of the Union speech recently, I always correct their mistake and tell it was eighth, in fact. On February 24, 2009, the start of Barack Obama’s 2nd month in office, he made an extensive speech on then ongoing Great Recession crisis. He tried to show what his personal vision for a path out was and why it was aligned with a $787 billion stimulus law that was…
Life Antarctic penguin numbers double previous estimates: scientists Almost six million Adelie penguins are living in East Antarctica, more than double the number previously thought, scientists said Wednesday in findings that have implications for conservation. Research by an Australian, French and Japanese team used aerial and ground surveys, tagging and resighting data and automated camera images over several breeding seasons, which allowed them to come up with the new figure. They focused on a 5,000 kilometre (3,100 mile) stretch…
Life Antarctic penguin numbers double previous estimates: scientists Almost six million Adelie penguins are living in East Antarctica, more than double the number previously thought, scientists said Wednesday in findings that have implications for conservation. Research by an Australian, French and Japanese team used aerial and ground surveys, tagging and resighting data and automated camera images over several breeding seasons, which allowed them to come up with the new figure. They focused on a 5,000 kilometre (3,100 mile) stretch…
Wednesday 1 March 2017 07.15am – Mad March has well and truly kicked in. Yesterday the Ministry of Justice won an injunction stopping prison officers from industrial action but will they comply? We shall see!
NEWS UK Petition to block Scottish leader Sturgeon calling new independence referendum passes 50,000 –RT A petition to stop Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon from calling another independence referendum had already garnered more than 50,000 signatures by Tuesday afternoon. The petition calls on Westminster to block Sturgeon from triggering a repeat of the 2014 vote as it claims Scotland is “suffering hugely” from the leader’s focus on getting independence. Sturgeon announced on Monday she will be calling for a…