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The Himalayan Disaster is Man Made

These projects and related construction have destabilised the mountains. The entire Himalayan region is highly unstable. The Indian plate is ploughing into the Eurasian land mass at a rate of 42 millimetre per year.

(NEW DELHI) - Heavy rains in the past 48 hours have turned the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand into a disaster area. From Pithoragarh to Kumaon-Garhwal region and the religious centres in the upper reaches are all severely affected.

The latest report indicates over 100,000 pilgrims are trapped. Roads and bridges have been washed away or so badly damaged that normal vehicular traffic can’t pass.

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS): Closure Has Ocean Desalination Ramifications

So Cal Edison permanent closure in San Clemente might have far-reaching implications for other projects in California, including the Poseidon Huntington Beach Seawater Desalination Facility in Orange County.

(LAGUNA BEACH) - Statements made by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to the Times hint at possible multiple game changers regarding controversial “Once-Through-Cooling” (OTC) at power grid facilities.

The natural gas powered, AES-operated Huntington Beach plant that supplies SCE customers brought two (2) dormant, once-retired units back online last year to offset the SONGS being offline, and that’s where it starts getting intriguing.

Prisons Full of Innocents

Do police feeding a false confession to their victim mean well? When they falsely report on that procedure to a court do they mean well? When they use tape recorders but shut them off each time they feed the prisoner new facts, do they mean well? When they hide evidence?

(WASHINGTON DC) - There are probably more innocent men and women in prison in the United States now than there were people in prison here total -- innocent and guilty -- 30 years ago, or than there are total people in prison (proportionately or as an absolute number) in most nations on earth.

I don't mean that people are locked up for actions that shouldn't be considered crimes, although they are.

Oregon Urges Congress to Limit Campaign Spending by Unions

Oregon is one of only a few states that has no limits on campaign contributions.

(PORTLAND, OR) - In its original form, proposed Oregon legislation urged Congress to amend the U.S. Constitution so that governments can cap political spending by corporations. That wasn’t fair.

So Republican members of the Oregon House Rules Committee sought an amendment to include labor unions and other associations.

Beyond the Big Stick, Cheque Book and Gunboats

How will you be remembered by Africans? Ultimately, it is out of the challenges and opportunities of today that Africans themselves must curve out the peaceful and prosperous Africa of tomorrow.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Your Excellency, Shortly, you and your family will board Air Force One and head to Africa, on a journey that will take you to Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa.

During your first term in the White House you visited Ghana, where you made the famous “Africa does not need strong men, it needs strong institutions” speech, and Egypt, before it became engulfed in the Arab spring revolutionary fervor.

(UPDATE) Two Girls Struck by Car

A third girl, the patient's older sister, was also on scene but was not injured as she was not hit by the vehicle.

(OREGON CITY OR) - Just after noon today two young girls were struck by a car while crossing the street in down town Oregon City. Clackamas Fire Engine 15 arrived to find two female patients ages 7 and 10 down on the ground.

The 10 year old girl had minor injuries and was taken to OHSU by American Medical Response (AMR) in good condition. The 7 year old girl suffered life threatening injuries after being struck by the vehicle and was taken to OHSU by AMR in serious condition.

War by Another Name in Syria

The Obama Administration Prepares a “Marshall Plan” to Reconstruct Syria, But Not for the Syrians.

(BEIRUT) - The Group of Eight leaders meeting in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, having called for an international conference on the ongoing crisis in Syria to be held “as soon as possible” could not agree on much else that might end the civil war anytime soon there.

The White House now is reportedly in private agreement with Russia and Iran that the Assad government will remain in power until next year’s election.

Why do People Lie? And Why do other People Believe them?

The purpose of fear is to suppress awareness of the truth.

(TASMANIA, Aust.) - People always lie for the same reason: fear. But the precise fear that makes a person lie in one circumstance might be different from the fear that makes them lie in another.

When a child is young, it will naturally tell the truth...

Oregon`s Immigrant Rights Organization Denounces Act that would Criminalize Immigrants

Causa asks Congressman Walden to Reject Extreme Enforcement Bill and Support Path to Earned Citizenship that would spread Arizona law nationwide...

(SALEM, OR) - This week, the Republican-led Judiciary Committee in the House of Representatives passed an immigration bill inappropriately named the “SAFE Act.”

It would make the presence of immigrants in the US without proper documentation a federal crime and empower states and counties to turn police into immigration agents.

Tamils for Obama to PM Cameron: Acknowledge Britain`s Colonial Error

Tamils for Obama hopes that Cameron will admit Great Britain erred in making a single Ceylonese country.

(NEW YORK CITY) - Tamils for Obama told UK PM David Cameron they believe that the British made a serious error in leaving one (rather than two) former colonies behind in Ceylon.

"We would be grateful if a prominent and significant Brit--such as yourself--were to publicly and for the record acknowledge that it would have been more proper, wise, and foresightful to have restored an independent Tamil state in the northeast of Ceylon. We think this will help to frame the future debate about a Tamil homeland."