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The Confluence (Free subscription) | yesterday
I stole this video from Lenore Skenazy at Freerangekids. HER focus was on the fact that two month old twins were allowed to nap in the sunshine. Outside. Unattended. And no one called the cops on the parents for child endangerment or neglect. It turns out the entire country is *full* of parents who leave [...]
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Distrust and prejudice against Jews in Denmark doesn't thrive only in extremist groups. Up to 75% of immigrants from five different countries and 20% of ethnic Danes have anti-Jewish attitudes. The data comes from a new study which appears in the book "Danmark og de fremmede: Om mødet med den arabisk-muslimske verden" (Denmark and the stranger: on the meeting with the Arab-Muslim world),...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | yesterday
by Bill Pearis Denmark's Oh No Ono are set to make their NYC debut early in the new year, playing Mercury Lounge on Jan 27 (with Bear in Heaven) and Union Hall on Jan 28 -- the same week as...
People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Commonwealth will bring to together the United Nations secretary general and the prime ministers of France and Denmark, as well as 51 heads of state to tackle climate change on Friday, an unprecedented event in the organization's history, its leaders told media on Thursday. Speaking at a press conference, Trinidad and Tobago's prime minister, Patrick Manning said this meeting would seek to create...
It's Getting Hot In Here (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yesterday the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen passed a hotly disputed “anti-riot law”, less than two weeks before what is shaping up to be the largest single convergence around climate change ever. The law, passed to stymie public protest around the UN climate negotiations in Copenhagen, strips people of civil liberties, freedoms, and sanctions (if not [...]
Guy Fawkes' blog (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The Guy News broadcast is only available to Guidogram subscribers this weekend. Guy News TV this week sent Tory Bear to report back from Copenhagen and Tripoli, Emily Nomates went to Hendon to report on the expense claims of London’s most expensive MP, Andrew Dismore. We also replay that moment of zen between Brillo and [...]
archiDE (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
3XN has won a architectural competition for the design of the Courthouse in Frederiksberg in Denmark. The expansion of the Courthouse in Frederiksberg, Denmark, will be a sculptural and classic structure, which at once expresses a welcoming transparency while maintaining the justice system’s sobriety and seriousness. The new Courthouse will be a natural extension of the existing [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Controversial legislation gives police sweeping powers of 'pre-emptive' arrest and extends custodial sentences for acts of civil disobedience The Danish parliament today passed legislation which will give police sweeping powers of "pre-emptive" arrest and extend custodial sentences for acts of civil disobedience. The "deeply worrying" law comes ahead of the UN climate talks which...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
The president plans another risky flight to Copenhagen IN THE optimistic view, Barack Obama has given a jolt of energy to the Copenhagen climate talks. On November 25th the White House announced that he will appear during the first week of negotiations with a specific American promise: to cut greenhouse gases by 17% from 2005 levels by 2020, by 30% by 2025, by 42% by 2030 and by a full 83% by 2050....
Sify (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
-of-Spain, Nov 28 (IANS) French President Nicholas Sarkozy has requested the Indian prime minister to attend the forthcoming climate change summit in Copenhagen and Manmohan Singh has assured him at the ongoing Commonwealth meet at this Trinidad and Tobago capital that he would discuss the proposal with his cabinet colleagues.
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Stacy Feldman at SolveClimate writes: Climate Activism Soars Planetwide Ahead of Copenhagen Climate Talks Millions of people worldwide are pressing their governments to curb greenhouse gas emissions ahead of next month's Copenhagen climate talks, and the volume of protests has increased as world leaders downplay the significance of securing a global warming agreement this year. A case in point is...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Sharing India's views, French President Nicolas Sarkozy today said the upcoming Copenhagen meet on climate change should not miss the opportunity to tackle the problem as it would be a "historic failure" and asserted that New Delhi will not be a deal breaker.
Sify (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
With ten days to go for the Copenhagen conference, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to push for 'a balanced, equitable and ambitious outcome' at the 192-nation UN convention on climate change next month.
Cut Global Warming (Free subscription) | yesterday
The 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change will hold in December this year at the medium-size town of Copenhagen in Denmark.
BBC NEWS | Richard Black's blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
This was the week that saw the heavyweights come to town. The EU had said it, UN climate convention chief Yvo de Boer had said it: without something firm on the table from China and US, together responsible for about 40% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, it would be very difficult to reach agreement of any kind at the Copenhagen summit. Unsurprising, then, that EU leaders and Mr de Boer applauded...
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Josep Puigmarti | 29/03/2008
The relentless artistic activity to which Josep Puigmarti is delivered, leads him to work on his relentless quest for beauty through his creations, either in his facet as a painter or sculptor. We are talking about a genius in his purest form, with a unique view of the world around him that he reflects in his works. As a painter, his "Singular Figurations", "Alien fashion" and his new lines "Freedom"...
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