U.N. Warns Food Shortage Will Continue Up To 2010 AHN London, England - United Nations World Food Program (WFP) head Josette Sheeran warns that the agency is already taking precautionary measures by rationing food aid to address worldwide food shortage and the increasing commodity prices which is ex...

U.N. Warns Food Shortage Will Continue Up To 2010 AHN London, England - United Nations World Food Program (WFP) head Josette Sheeran warns that the agency is already taking precautionary measures by rationing food aid to address worldwide food shortage and the increasing commodity prices which is ex...

Just felt a minor earthquake shake the entire house…as if the bushfires weren’t bad enough. Update at 9.21PM - ABC radio just reported an “earth tremor” accrss the Melbourne region....

Just felt a minor earthquake shake the entire house…as if the bushfires weren’t bad enough. Update at 9.21PM - ABC radio just reported an “earth tremor” accrss the Melbourne region. Update found on that the USGS website Earthquake Details Magnitude  4.7 Date-Time   ...

The problem with “grass roots” as a metaphor is that it reduces its contributors to the miniscopic. Not microscopic, because then you couldn’t see them without a microscope. But miniscopic, meaning they’re small. You have to get down on all fours to eyeball them and say hi. S...

Thanks for the earthquake, Jesus...

Remember the fuss over Salma Hayek being “abusive” because she was “still” feeding her toddler? Salma Hayek took a humanitarian trip to Sierra Leone. This video[1] shows her being there for the death of a baby from tetanus, speaking to a UNICEF representative, and travelling ...

'The Generic Escape Capsule' was fashioned by Australian artist Adam Norton out of an old wardrobe after he discovered it wouldn't transport him to a magical land where he could fuck lions and witches and goat-people. Basically, Adam included everything a person would need to survive a couple days a...

First, Imagethief feels he owes his readers an apology. Anyone who has been with me for longer than a few months will have noticed that the last third of 2008 yielded a sparse crop of posts. For this I blame a very heavy workload and an increasingly demanding young son who deserves a certain share o...

Costa Rica had another big earthquake yesterday, 6.1 on the richter scale (I’ve seen reports that say 6.2). Just north of the San Jose area. This is the biggest one that I’ve heard of in Central Valley. The Tico Times has a lot of the earthquake coverage (you do have to do some clicking ...