Top 3 Scariest Airports in the Caribbean - Google Sightseeing

What do you get when you mix fast heavy planes with small island airports? A hair-raising final approach! Let’s take a look at three scariest airports to fly into in the Caribbean.

Princess Juliana International Airport, St. Maarten (SXM)Passengers arriving into Princess Juliana often fly just a few metres over the head of sunbathers below on Maho Beach. The combination of screaming jet aircraft and beautiful tropical scenery in such close proximity make this airport a mecca for the world’s plane spotters. In fact, check out this video showing the arrival of a 747, shot by yours truly on a 2004 trip.

Arrival isn’t the only exciting part of this airport either; departing aircraft must make an immediate right hand turn to avoid flying directly into the 317 m St. Peter Hill. At the same time, the departing planes blow a massive amount of jet blast back onto Maho Beach – so strong is the blast that it can cause you and your belongings to be blown right into the water if you’re not careful.

Top 3 Scariest Airports in the Caribbean - Google Sightseeing

Giant Antarctic iceberg could affect global ocean circulation | Environment | guardian.co.uk

An iceberg the size of Luxembourg that contains enough fresh water to supply a third of the world's population for a year has broken off in the Antarctic continent, with possible implications for global ocean circulation, scientists said today.

The iceberg, measuring about 50 miles by 25, broke away from the Mertz glacier around 2,000 miles south of Australia after being rammed by another giant iceberg known as B-9B three weeks ago, satellite images reveal. The two icebergs, which both weigh more than 700m tons, are now drifting close together about 100 miles north of Antarctica.

Giant Antarctic iceberg could affect global ocean circulation | Environment | guardian.co.uk

UK export and import in 2009: top products and trading partners | News | guardian.co.uk

Which products does does the UK export, and where does it export them to?

UK export and import in 2009: top products and trading partners | News | guardian.co.uk

BBC NEWS | UK | Mapping migration from the new EU countries

Eve ry local authority in the UK has seen migration from the eight Eastern European countries that joined the EU in May 2004, a report from the Institute of Public Policy Research has revealed.The pattern of migration has been unlike previous significant influxes because about half of those who came have already left the country, according to IPPR estimates. Use the maps below to explore where migrant workers went and how many are estimated to still be in the UK.

BBC NEWS | UK | Mapping migration from the new EU countries

BBC News - Panorama - Palm oil products and the weekly shop

In researching Dying for a Biscuit, Panorama asked the makers of the top selling products containing palm oil and the major supermarket chains about their palm oil use. We also requested information on how they sourced their palm oil and whether or not they participate in the GreenPalm trading scheme, aimed at encouraging growers to produce more sustainable oil.

BBC News - Panorama - Palm oil products and the weekly shop

Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees : UK map : Mapping the UK

 

Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees : UK map : Mapping the UK

Greenwich Millennium Village - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Greenwich Millennium Village (GMV) is an innovative mixed-tenure modern housing estate on an urban village model located on the Greenwich Peninsula in Greenwich in south-east London, and part of the Millennium Communities Programme under English Partnerships (now renamed Homes and Communities Agency). The village is designed by architects Ralph Erskine and partners with EPR Architects Ltd as executive architect as part of the regeneration of the whole brownfield site of Greenwich Peninsula former town gas works. GMV is south of the former Millennium Dome, now renamed the O₂.

The village on the southern banks of the Thames, about one mile upstream from the Thames Barrier and adjacent to its own purpose-built Ecology Park, cycle paths and recreational areas. The village currently has the Millennium Primary School and a medical GP surgery. Next to the complex, at Peartree Wharf, is the Greenwich Yacht Club, a modern building provided by English Partnerships.

The Village is being developed by a consortium of Countryside Properties and Taylor Wimpey. The housing is of modern, environmentally-friendly design, and the development aims to cut primary energy use by 80% using low-energy building techniques and renewable energy technologies. GMV is planned by the developers to continue to expand until about 2015, with its own integrated village shopping and community centres. As of 2008, 1,095 homes and a village square with shops have been completed.

BBC video and text report about GMV

English Partnerships (2008)

Greenwich Yacht Club

Pictures of Greenwich Millennium Village

http://www.englishpartnerships.co.uk/gmv.htm 

Greenwich Millennium Village - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Royal Docks - development update

We outline here the principal developments in the Royal Docks since the demise of the LDDC in 1998, including projects completed and those in the pipeline.  Also described are the transport schemes on which the successful regeneration of the area depends. For earlier developments visit our Royal Docks History Page. For useful Regeneration links and contacts - click here

http://www.westsilvertownfoundation.org.uk/

 

 Royal Docks - development update

Madeira Mudslides: British Woman Missing As Death Toll Rises To 38 Following Flooding | World News | Sky News

Sky News VIDEO

Madeira Mudslides: British Woman Missing As Death Toll Rises To 38 Following Flooding | World News | Sky News

Portugal rushes aid to Madeira after deadly floods

The Portuguese military has sent specialist rescue teams to the island of Madeira, where at least 40 people are known to have died in rainstorms.Tonnes of mud and stones were brought down the slopes of the island, flooding the streets of the regional capital, Funchal, and other towns. Officials fear the death toll could rise. Water, power and phones were cut in some areas. PM Jose Socrates, who is in Madeira, said he would "do everything to help".

BBC News - Portugal rushes aid to Madeira after deadly floods

Southern Italian landslide caught on video

About 200 residents have been evacuated from their homes after a landslide split a hillside apart in the southern Italian town of Maierato.

The landslide, which caused power failure, could have been caused by heavy rains in the region, initial reports say.

BBC News - Southern Italian landslide caught on video

European Commission - Humanitarian Aid

The European Union’ mandate to ECHO [Regulation (CE) n° 1257/96] is to provide emergency assistance and relief to the victims of natural disasters or armed conflict outside the European Union. The aid is intended to go directly to those in distress, irrespective of race, religion or political convictions.

ECHO’s task is to ensure goods and services get to crisis zones fast. Goods may include essential supplies, specific foodstuffs, medical equipment, medicines and fuel. Services may include medical teams, water purification teams and logistical support. Goods and services reach disaster areas via ECHO partners.
Since 1992, ECHO has funded humanitarian aid in crisis zones of more than 85 countries via its partners. Its grants cover emergency aid, food aid and aid to refugees and displaced persons worth a total of more than €700 million per year.

European Commission - Humanitarian Aid

Encounters at the End of the World - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Encounters at the End of the World is a documentary film by Werner Herzog completed in 2007. The film studies people and places in Antarctica. The film was released in North America on June 11, 2008, and distributed by THINKFilm.^[2]

Encounters at the End of the World - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Camfed | Where the Water Meets the Sky | Home | Play the trailer

Camfed Presents Where the Water Meets the Sky
A film narrated by Morgan Freeman. Read more, Visit the Press roomWhere the Water Meets the Sky is the inspiring story of a group of women in rural Zambia who learn how to make a film as a way to speak out about their lives. Produced in partnership with Camfed, all funds raised through the film will support Camfed’s work to educate girls and invest in economic and leadership opportunities for young women in Africa.

Camfed | Where the Water Meets the Sky | Home | Play the trailer

The Cocoa Plan - Nestlé

 

The Cocoa Plan - Nestlé

Fair Miles: Recharting the food miles map :: Oxfam GB

To day’s food is well travelled. A pack of green beans in a Northern supermarket may have journeyed 6000 miles, or 60. But while food miles loom large in our carbon-aware times, transporting it counts for less than you might think. And there is a far bigger picture. Food is more than a plateful of emissions.It’s a social, political and economic issue that involves millions of small farmers in poor countries who export produce to the North. They have built lives and livelihoods around this trade. By buying what they grow, you’ve clocked up ‘fair miles’.This pocketbook delves into the realities of the produce trade between Africa and the UK, examining both sides of the equation in search of a diet that is ethically, as well as nutritionally, balanced.

Fair Miles: Recharting the food miles map :: Oxfam GB