Altai… One can touch the stars there

Алисия Родригес на Алтае

Doctor Alicia Rodríguez, President of the International Committee of the Banner of Peace, visits Russia

Our planet has beautiful and unusual places such as Altai in Siberia, Russian Federation.

The place where pines and birch-trees grow with the leaves moving in the wind and where the river Katun   covered with ice is passing through was called THE PEARL OF AISA by the great Russian painter Nikolai Roerich.

And this is a real pearl not only due to its amazing beauty but also due to its wonderful vibrations filling us with peace.

UN revises the projection of global population

ООН

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (13/JUN/2013). - The world population will reach 10 000 900 million in 2100, against the current seven thousand 200 million, mainly due to the high birth rate in the poorest countries of Africa, announced at the UN Thursday as it released new projections.

The new estimate of global population by 2100 indicates an increase of 800 million compared with the previous figure provided by the UN two years ago, said on Thursday the director of the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the organization John Wilmoth.

Google joins Facebook and asks permission to disclose facts about espionage

Facebook против Google

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES (12/JUN/2013.) - Facebook today joined Google in asking U.S. federal authorities permission to release data related to cyber spying programs secretly revealed to the press last week.

Facebook's general counsel, Ted Ullyot, said today: "we would welcome an opportunity to provide a transparent report that would allow us to share worldwide with those who use Facebook the picture of the requirements which we have received from the government and how we responded" .

Sustainable “Green” Development

Рио+20

20 years is an insignificant moment for a planet’s life, but it is considerable time for the development of a state, as for a man it is a long period. Exactly two decades ago at the Summit on Earth Problems in Rio de Janeiro leaders from more than 100 countries after approving “Agenda for 21 century” worked out a program on sustainable development security. It touched upon such problems as poverty, demographic tension, structure of international economics; it also gave recommendations concerning atmosphere, ocean and biodiversity protection and reduction in conspicuous consumption.

Arsenal of a Busy Person

Арсенал занятого человека, vigiljournal.com

 People often face the situation when statesmen, successful businessmen and famous scientists represent their ideas and the results of their work, but fail to attract the audience attention because the information does not reach their listeners‘ ears and eyes. Listeners miss important aspects, and they are often bored. Nowadays most people are overloaded with information; that is why to attract their attention the information should be represented in a particular way.

Fukushima and the future of nuclear power

Фукусима и будущее атомной энергетики, vigiljournal.com

The tragic events that occurred in Japan on March 11, 2011 led to the most serious nuclear accident in the last 25 years and raised the question of trust in nuclear power all over the world. On April 4 of the current year analysts of the Swiss bank UBS evaluated the significance of the so-called “Fukushima disaster”: “At Fukushima, four reactors have been out of control for weeks, casting doubt on whether even an advanced economy can master nuclear safety”. Swiss experts believe that “this accident seriously damaged confidence in nuclear power”.