Kids Activities : Earth Day 2010
The countdown begins! In nine days, the United States celebrates the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, begun in 1970 by a U.S. senator from Wisconsin.
Th late Sen. Gaylord Nelson, a conservation-minded Democrat, proposed April 22 as a day for grassroots environmentalism. His idea caught fire. Four decades ago, an estimated 20 million Americans took to the streets to demand action.
Earth Day celebrates its 40th anniversary this year on April 22 with activities in many areas the weekends before and after! Are you doing anything special to celebrate Earth Day? The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality launched a website with some great tips for saving time, energy, and ulitmately money in addition to conserving water and even has a countdown clock! They also have some great activities for kids and supplemental teacher resources (not specific to Texas)!
There are so many simple things we can do to teach our kids about the environment and the sooner we start, the more likely it will stick! Are you doing anything to teach your kids about Earth Day?
Live Stream : Watch Paris Roubaix 2010 live at VIZIO TV
Cancellara, who won endure week’s Tour of Flanders afterwards bottomward Tom Boonen on the penultimate climb, already again, angry to his ablaze time-trialling abilities as the apple best destroyed an absorbing acreage that were artlessly clumsy to claiming the 29 year-old.
Fabian Cancellara has won the 108th edition of Paris-Roubaix after the Swiss added yet another Monument of cycling to his impressive palmarès.
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Polish President dies in plane crash
Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and several high-ranking officials were killed Saturday when the plane they were traveling on crashed in foggy conditions while landing at a Russian airport.
Thousands of people, many in tears, placed candles and flowers at the presidential palace in central Warsaw. Many called the crash Poland’s worst disaster since World War II.
The crash also shocked Russia. Sensing the depth of the tragedy for Poland, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin personally took charge of the investigation and very quickly and publicly offered condolences, along with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
USA President’s Barack Obama also give their attention.
“Today, there are heavy hearts across America,” Obama said in the statement. “The United States cherishes its deep and abiding bonds with the people of Poland. Those bonds are represented in the strength of our alliance, the friendships among our people, and the extraordinary contributions of Polish-Americans who have helped to shape our nation.”
West Virginia Miners After Explosion : Rescue Chambers saved them
Monday’s explosion at a West Virginia coal mine is becoming a possible test case for the benefit of rescue chambers, which federal legislators mandated all mine operators have installed four years ago to save lives underground in case disaster strikes.
Rescue workers at the Upper Big Branch South Mine in Whitesville have been trying all week to reach two such chambers with hopes of saving four missing miners. An explosion Monday afternoon killed 25 miners and hospitalized two others, in what is considered the worst mining disaster in 25 years.
The high cost of energy in America was paid in human lives this week, with the deaths of more than two dozen miners in a massive explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia. It’s the worst mine disaster in a quarter of a century.
Latest News : Casey Anthony Jailhouse Letters
Documents released by prosecutors in the Casey Anthony murder case Tuesday include jailhouse letters between Anthony and fellow inmates, as well as shocking transcripts of law enforcement interviews with inmates who say Anthony admitted to them that she sometimes drugged her daughter Caylee.
There are reports that there may be as many as 50 Casey Anthony jail letters may have been written. Maya Derkovic and Robyn Adams, two of Anthony’s friends in jail, have reportedly been questioned about the Casey Anthony jail letters. Adams may have received the majority of the Casey Anthony letters.
The Letter said that is trickling out isn’t pretty. Anthony allegedly admits that she used drugs to knock her two-year-old daughter Caylee Anthony out while she hung out with friends. Investigators suspect that chloroform may have been a factor in the death of Caylee Anthony.
She also expresses sadness over the death of Caylee Anthony.
“Not a day goes by that I don’t think about Caylee and wish that I could have protected her better,” wrote Anthony.
Casey Anthony also writes about how she was abused by her brother when they were young.
She writes: “The worst part is, when I tried to confide in someone before… they turned on me. I was to blame for my own brother walking into my room at night and feeling my breasts while I slept.”
Anthony has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and has said a babysitter kidnapped her daughter. The toddler’s remains were found in December 2008, six months after she was reported missing.
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