The average family in the United States spends around $1,300 a year on bills to provide energy to the home, most of that energy is wasted by the home Millions of $’s are wasted every year through appliances being unnecessarily left on and conditioned or heated air is just rushing out of buildings

Is the Environment in Dire Straits?

For some it will be a date to note in their diaries and one on which they will undoubtedly rush out in anticipation to the record stores For others it will quite possibly be time to clap their hands over their ears in an attempt to protect their hearing

The big guns within the Socialist party here in France are warming up for battle ahead of an election to choose a new leader even though that’s still over six months away Segolene Royal officially announced her intention to stand last Friday

What is more inspiring than a dark night filled with sparkling stars There’s just something magical about looking into the dark sky and seeing a sky packed with dazzeling stars, it is certainly breath taking

Human Rights Watch and other rights groups recently accused Zimbabwe’s army and President Robert Mugabe of unleashing “terror and violence” on dissenters of his 28-year regime According to the Associated Press, Zimbabwe’s opposition party and its presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai have linked the recent surge in violence after last months presidential election to the security forces and “war veterans” that are loyal to Robert Mugabe

This is the rather muddled tale of the public holiday that disappeared from the French calendar four years ago when it became a quasi-working day But lo and behold, and hallelujah, everything’s back to normal at last and lundi Pentecôte, or Whit Monday, is once again a day off

It has not been made official yet but it’s already doing the rounds of the media both here in France and across the channel in Britain The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, is apparently not going to back former British prime minister, Tony Blair, as a candidate to become the first president of the European Union

In this essay, I outline Five futures for Pakistan: (1) the Pendulum continues forever, (2) Collapse, (3) Joining Chindia, (4) the Great Game, and (5) a South Asian Confederation The most familiar and likely are based on the pendulum of rule by the military and rule by landlord/politicians

Terrorism is forever, we need to fight it and fight it hard.