Another problem solved by global warming

Posted By Joshua Keating Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 11:17 AM Share

From Africa to the Himalayas, everyone's worried about global warming's potential to drive world conflict. But what about the disputes it will solve? A long-running argument between India and Bangladesh over a small island in the Bay of Bengal has just been resolved: the island's not there anymore: 

New Moore Island [also known as South Talpatti] in the Sunderbans has been completely submerged, said oceanographer Sugata Hazra, a professor at Jadavpur University in Calcutta. Its disappearance has been confirmed by satellite imagery and sea patrols, he said.

"What these two countries could not achieve from years of talking, has been resolved by global warming," said Hazra.

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/03/24/another_problem_solved_by_global_warming

I was forwarded an email with the following attachment. I'm sure this family would greatly appreciate a moment of your time. Rolla, Missouri, is pretty close to home.

Staff Sergeant Rick Williams
Rolla Police Department
1007 N. Elm St.
Rolla, MO 65401
(573) 364-1213
Fax (573) 364-6346

My 13 year old girl, Ashley Flores, is missing. She's been missing for two weeks now. Maybe if everyone passes this on, someone will see this child. That is how the girl from Stevens Point was found, by circulation of her picture on TV...The Internet circulates overseas. Please pass this to everyone in your address book. With GOD on her side, she will be found.

I am asking you all, begging you to please forward this email on to anyone and everyone you know, PLEASE.

It is still not too late. Please help us. If anyone knows anything, please contact me at:

helpfindAshleyFlores@yahoo.com
All prayers are appreciated!

Mahatma Gandhi Quote

Stolen from my friend's facebook: T. Kabir
Taken in India...more specifically, I'm not sure.

The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch

My latest soap box, I encourage all to read it.
From the website:

When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn’t have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave—“Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”—wasn’t about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because “time is all you have…and you may find one day that you have less than you think”). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living.

In this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humor, inspiration and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations to come.

http://www.thelastlecture.com/img/hm_collage.jpg