William Donald Schaefer, ex-Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, was a genuine political icon. He had also served terms as Governor of Maryland and State Comptroller. However, his prime legacy, "Harborplace," is today in serious jeopardy. Whether or not it will return to its former glory remains an open question.

Darjeeling tea has become the first product from India to be protected as a geographical indication (GI) in the European Union, according to the Tea Board. With this, the Darjeeling tea confirms its position among the world's best-known teas and the qualities of Darjeeling tea are now legally recognised and protected in India and in the EU, says the Board.India should therefore take up the issue of protecting other bio-products for protection under Geographical Indications of the Trips Agreement for global marketing.

The European Environment Foundation was founded in autumn 2011. The aim of the foundation, which is registered under Swiss law, is to promote dialogue in all environmental policy disciplines within the European states, to provide them with stimuli and to spur on exchange within Europe that is constructive, builds trust, fosters communication and inspires research.

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, when the Koch brothers throw a political party, you can bet it will be expensive and top secret. OK, at least it will be expensive because top secret it WILL NOT REMAIN FOR LONG! --------------------- Republic Report / By Lee Fang 224 COMMENTS Koch Broth...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, when a man does his best to do good he should be rewarded! President Obama did his best with the cards he was dealt. Think about those cards for a minute! Think about the deck full of Jokers he was handed and you will understand how difficult was his first ...

MANILA - Tell me who your parents are and I'll tell you who you are. Same with your friends. Here is Santiago Rigonan Obien (SRO) recalling parts of his childhood in Ilocos Norte in trying to explain what he brought to the role of being the Founding Director of the Philippine Rice Research Institute...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, strong and intelligent women are vital for a strong and vibrant economy. Intelligent women create and educate their children to be honest and caring and creative as well as to be strong and intelligent. When men abuse women, they negate the natural Mother t...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, how many of you want to allow a man who knows nothing about economic planning, to control the economy of the United States? ---------------------------------------------- Gingrich Wants Kids To Work As Janitors, But Refused To Work Himself. Newt Gi...

Cagayan de Oro's Business Process Outsourcing(BPO)companies show they are up to the challenges posed by the aftermath of the killer flash floods brought by Tropical Storm Sendong (International Name: Washi).

Watching the football game between the new York Giants and the Green Bay Packers recently sort of reminded me that in today's high finance sports gambling scene one might argue that the "Fix" was in sort of speaking at Lambeau Field. All one has to do is look into sports history. Even as far back in...

Heading for Oklahoma City but love to bike around town? Then don't worry. Although you can't actually rent a bike right now, the proposal is in the works for visitors, and locals, to be able to do just that.

In the Chinese astrology, the Year of the Water Dragon is both an auspicious and unlucky year. Filipina Feng Shui expert, Ms. Dorothy Ann Pascual of Niyo Treasure in Antipolo City, Rizal, Philippines, explains why.

It is that time of year again where we gather up all our receipts from the past year, collect W2's, 1099's and other documents necessary to once again pursue that time honored tradition of Income Tax preparation. We greedily await our gargantuan tax refund with every deduction we take. In today's hi...

The private sector presents the President with a comprehensive package of relief measures designed to help get Cagayan de Oro back on its feet.

Property values in the first truly green building in Northern Mindanao is expected to follow recent trends in the U.S. green building market

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, President Barack Obama hit so many nails on thier heads that he could have built a house during his State of the Union Address. All I can say is congratulations President Obama!..... Ok, I can also say that the Japanese have the best super computer on Earth...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, the Worldwatch Institute has great visions for the future and so I am giving them as much publicity as possible...http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com ----------------------------- Jan 19 Innovation of the Week: Greening the Desert Nourishing the Pla...

January 25, 2012 • Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, if only we had millions and millions more kids like these! > ----------------------------------- Worldwatch.org http://www.worldwatch.org/node/9513 As we prepare to cheer the young athletes of the Winter Youth Olympics, let us...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, free speech and open communication has led to better lives for millions of people around the world. The World Wide Web or Internet as it is now known, is a system of communication and education that depends on copying documents and messages and videos for i...

=========================================== Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, the faster we convert to Electric Cars the better! Why? Because Oil has been the root cause of wars around the world for the past 100 years and it is time we put a stop to the pollution and the carnage! ====...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, good news is so rare these days that it always takes me by surprise! Here is some potentially good news regarding the proposed XL Bitumen Oil Pipeline. The State Department has denied the permit to build the Keystone pipeline. I repeat, President Barack Ob...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, nobody likes censorship! Free speech is a human right and the freedom to communicate our thoughts and opinions and ideas, (within legal boundaries) exists as an important tool within our Democratic system. The Internet is a free-speech forum for any human b...

Tailings ponds contain a number of toxins that can leak into the groundwater or the Athabasca River. The mining and extraction process releases sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, and fine particulate matter into the atmosphere.

Americans have always been pitted against one another, in a Civil War mentality. That social schism manifests today as the failure of the GOP to present a united front on the so-called "immigration" question and label it for what it truly is; invasion of America.

What can you do to prepare for the events of 2102?

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, is life destroying Cancer creating pollution created by Oil and Coal and Chemical companies in the "National Interest"? Is it in your best interest to die for the rich? Kafka would have a field day if he were alive today. As a writer he would have plenty of...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, if it heats up this much in January how warm do you believe it will become in August and June? Think about what will happen to our food crops and our natural plants when extreme heat burns the Earth?!! I suggest our Farmers do not waste time and they begin ...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, I am ashamed to write that our Prime Minister of Canada may soon allow the privatization of our Jasper National Park! I could only wonder at what may happen if Harper is allowed to get away with this! Will commercial privatization become the norm everywhere...

One of the best ways to make money online is to become a payday loan affiliate marketer. These marketers monetize their website's or email's visitors by offering ads, links and forms that send visitors to payday lending websites. If the visitors take out a loan, the affiliate marketer gets paid a co...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, they are called illegal immigrants but I call them poor people trying to find employment and a better life for themselves. Many are economic slaves in a money hungry society. They do the hard labor many Americans avoid and they are paid almost nothing for t...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, the following is not a joke!.. This is not a joke‏ Newsletters | 3:44 AM Reply ▼ Jim Messina, BarackObam​a.com To Joseph Raglione Joseph -- These Republican candidates spent in some cases more than a year -- in Mitt ...

The use of skylights has been growing over recent years due to the burst of green building and green remodeling. Green building experts are well-known to focus strongly on the indoor air quality of your own home, how energy efficient your home is and how much natural light you have inside your home.

This is also a part of the Game of Life and the Right of Passage into the New Year of Discovery. We who welcome the cultural tradition of celebration usually will gravitate to one form of festive occasion or another. This coming time on earth is one of celebration. We may want to celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year, or Happy Holidays in general.

Is there a real concern over 2012? Will there be an Apocalypse? You'd better hope so!

Judaization of the holy city, is a roadmap to de-Arabizing, de-Islamizing, de-Christianizing, de-historizing and de-humanizing Jerusalem

Dead Birds fall in Beebee, Arkansas 2nd year on New Years Eve

Clickbank is one of the most profitable online affiliate program among the many that exist. It is never possible for you to make money from clickbank if you don´t have internet marketing skills. Making money online has become difficult due to lack of know how. Many people do not know how ...

As the world reels from the harrowing images of famine in East Africa and small island states battle to stay above water, environmental activists pressed for urgent change at the 64th annual United Nations/DPI NGO conference in Bonn.

MANILA - Nigeria has intrigued me, as I have known of Nigerian pastor Dee Eluwa whose wife Arlene Escalante is a Filipina; Dee is a fiery campaigner for Christian champions - he has the rich experience and the rich language for it, with a sharp mind and sharp English. Indeed he can add value to any ...

Ok So i Prayed for a Financial Miracle,after Christmas; But It didn't happen. Even The good Book says that you need to seek and you shall find. So i got off my behind and decided to make a difference in my finances, after all that holiday shopping. So i started thinking. Whats the best way to make ...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, it looks bad for women around the world and especially within the United States. Their human rights are being slowly abrogated... -------------------------- "First, of course, is the sad reality that universal standards for women´s human rights offer no ...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, I don't know if life is going to be better in the future. It depends on how fast we can plant gardens and trees and educate our children on the exact methods they need to plant gardens and trees. It also depends on how we can slow and stop and change our in...

A kaleidoscope of memories cascades over my conscious thoughts this holiday. Oh, how I long for all those Christmases of long ago. Images of Bing Crosby and Danny Kay forever are linked to this time of year where benevolence, compassion, and kindness reemerge after a year of absence from the efforts...

It has been four days of celebration since the 14-day intense climate negotiations came to a close in the South African port city of Durban. There is no villain, and no hero barring perhaps Canada for walking out of the Kyoto Protocol. What was achieved in Durban that has everyone happy except a few? The major emitters got all or almost all of what they wanted: to maintain status quo. "We have made history", exulted the South African Chairperson of the 17th Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at the conclusion of the conference on December 10, 2011. The Durban outcome has not pleased the US either. The Chief US negotiator, Mr. Todd Stern, is reported to have observed "This is a significant package. None of us likes everything in it. Believe me, there is plenty the United States is not thrilled about." Mr. Stern has enough reason to be apprehensive. President Obama's efforts to have energy and climate security legislation passed by the US Senate have yielded little results so far.

The call for a fresh agitation was in addition to Anna´s scheduled indefinite fast in Delhi or Mumbai from December 27 demanding a strong Lokpal Bill. It came on the heels of an all-party meeting failing to arrive at a consensus on Lokpal Bill. The argument of the government and some other organisations that monitoring millions of employees is impossible misses the point that the idea here is to give people an instrument and authority to which they can take their complaints to. How the Income Tax law is being enforced on millions of people is the right example of opposing Lok Pal on the lower bureaucracy. The very fear of getting punished, if caught, can itself be a powerful deterrent resulting in a big relief to the am admi.

Leadership´s worst enemy is distracted uncontrolled focus. There is a natural flow to focus that when harnessed increase productivity, performance and profitability.

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, facts are hard to dispute. When enough facts are presented to me then the truth becomes obvious. It is obvious to me that the big American Banks, (the same ones that have been bailed out by the federal government,) have been financing the Coal industry from...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, land is a scarce commodity around the world and arable land is extremely precious. When scheming officials attempt to take and sell arable land that rightfully belongs to the citizens of a community, those officials should be brought to court. In China, jus...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, just when I thought I was losing and feeling alone and isolated, into my mailbox appeared the mighty AVAAZ with millions and millions of sweet and friendly dears! -------------------------- Dear Amazing Avaazers, Avaaz is on fire, at 10.5 million pe...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, if the United States government was not a good-old-boys club filled with recalcitrant and well paid good-old-boy politicians from both political stripes, important and needed changes for protecting the environment would have been implemented by now. That i...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, the members of the U.S. Congress who are stalling reform are all Republicans. They were helped into office by a few multi-Billionaires who continue to believe that their money and combined influence will eventually beat down any Democratic reforms proposed ...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, through the centuries our species has depended on the freedom to communicate ideas and concepts. The importance of speedily communicating our ideas has meant the creation and spreading of civilized behavior around the world. The News Media in our society ha...

Are we headed for the worse case scenarios for 2012? Current trends are not promising.

In all the news of today especially in St. Petersburg Florida, a city whose life blood is hinged on the vitality surrounding the west coast of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico it's amazing that after so much money that was used for designs to redo the St. Petersburg Pier there wasn't any indication or...

I miss the 50's and being a little kid now that I know my father is gone, it brings back old memories of the past. Can anyone relate? I want to be remembered as the founder of the Ascension Center in 1990 which was the coming age and era of the Eco-businesses. Think Green and Think Global! Dad Died today December 9, 2011. Mother died May 4th this year. I wasn't prepared. Will you be? We are all body-mind-spirits having the birth-life=death experience together. Remember life is about health and prosperity for all!

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, global warming is a fact that can no longer be disputed by intelligent people. Arrogant and ignorant people, however, do continue to dispute the fact of global warming and these same people continue to pump Gas into the atmosphere! I feel sorry for their fa...

Barack Obama made a great speech and he also mentioned protecting the environment. Listen to his speech and judge for yourselves. I hasten to mention that the Republicans don't give a Rat's Ass for the environment and Democrats are the best bet for a better future. On Tuesday, President Obama tra...

MANILA - Awareness + interest heightened must have been what led me to desire action beyond approbation of events involving the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Africa and Asia, when I read the 15 November 2011 issue of ICRISAT Happenings (downloadable as...

GENTLE READERS of this Amrican Chronicle, the following is a message from Brasscheck Video. The King of the Scumbags Speaks‏ 11:03 AM Reply ▼ Brasscheck TV Add to contacts To Joseph Raglione =========================================== NOTE to Brasscheck TV subscribers:...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, it appears that the extreme American Right-Wing has been very busy during the last Twenty years. They have been busy creating internment camps within the United States. Exactly for what purpose is not yet clear but I'm sure they will find lots of reasons to...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, I am studying some NASA satelite pictures and Texas, along with surrounding States, is today December 2011, running out of ground water! Texas Groundwater Severely Depleted http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=76575&src=eoa-iotd I suggest y...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, I have a small puzzle I would like to solve and it appears that Foldit people can help me solve the puzzle. Everybody knows about Einstein's theory of relativity which is E=Mc2, what I want to do is reverse his formula in order to better understand Mass and...

The Winter of Our Occupation ...a proposal from Michael Moore Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 Friends, And now it is winter. Wall Street rejoices, hoping that the change of seasons will mean a change in our spirit, our commitment to stop them. They couldn't be more wrong. Have they not h...

The flow of focus is a secret weapon for increasing personal and workforce performance, productivity and profitability. Steve Jobs and Walt Disney both used this as their innovator´s secret weapon.

Every holiday comes with it's own distinct memories of one's favorite food. Now it is Christmas once again. A most favorable time of the year where one is fined tuned to the aroma of fanciful food penetrating through every room in the house. Ah yes, the sweet smell of pastries, cookies, and hot choc...

We have some ways of the past to overcome that deal with how we in the past fought against each other on the planet. As 2012 approaches us we are entering a new level of life in the space race for freedom that we began in the last two centuries. We just have not been as impressive and aggressive as we could, should, and would have been had our world leaders been more awake and aware of spiritual enlightenment for the entire world´s health and prosperity! We are all now responsible for our future together as one species! Who we choose to elect and put in charge of our entire global community population will be a very serious part of realizing what direction we want to proceed in as a humanoid sentient intelligent being species. Therefore, let´s examine how we have shared our past so that we can learn what we can correct in the future. Technology and the history of our weaponry at this time is important to know so we can proceed in the future in space. We shall all learn how to find our own selves inside our neurons in side the mind inside the brain as well. For now let´s talk about the history of how we have killed our own humankind as part of our growth process. We must learn from our mistakes and learn to utilize what we have learned to create a better place in space and on this planet. We the people who are called humanoids of the sentient intelligent being species are about to share in the journey of the body-mind-spirit experiencing the birth-life-death sequence of events as futurists in space. We sometimes forget to recognize the vast expansion of space while we are concentrating on our own carbon based existence on earth.

Our nation is not a simple toy to be played with, by spiteful unlearned children, and yet, this is what we are allowing, because the elected… "R" Us.

Renewable energy must be the way because it has the potential to help African countries invigorate their economies, wean themselves from dependence on fossil fuel and reduce the debt burden associated with oil importation. Renewable energy can also help increase households access to modern energy services; reduce energy poverty; improve the livelihood of the people; empower women; improve performance of students in schools; create jobs and bridge urban-rural inequality. It also has the potential to meet Africa's energy security needs; protect the environment; reduce natural resource conflicts (e.g. firewood collection); slow down rural-urban migration and associated urbanisation; and reduce carbon emissions and hence the negative impact of climate change.

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, I, Joseph Raglione, am not a professional journalist. Professional people are paid for their work and I am not paid for my non profit writing. In other words, I am free to write on the topics I choose and I am not guided by a profit oriented corporation nor...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, if you enjoy freedom of speech and freedom to communicate on the World Wide Web, I suggest you block a bad bill being forced through the U.S. Senate. --------------------- In our 593rd issue: Why Apple (and Sony, Amazon, and Microsoft) Should Supp...

The Konsumanteng Kagay-anon, Inc. and the Cagayan Electric Power and Light Co., Inc. are forging a new paradigm in "critical collaboration" to make lower electricity rates a reality in a country with one of the highest power rates in the world.

Dear Al Frankin: Living in poverty is no joke! I barely survive below the poverty line and trust me, the first thing I am going to do after I die is send money to a political party. I can however, provide you with some free publicity. What kind do you want? Negative or positive?...> Dear Jose...

BRUSSELS - Sprouts are expected from 28 November to 01 December 2011 in the World Agricultural Forum-sponsored World Congress 2011 as scientists & partners sow new seeds of technology for the farmers of the world, as investors tend to their new gardens of responsible resource use, as everyone tr...

Real estate for sale by: William R. Nabaza of http://amaia.nabaza.net/

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, I know the U.S. is in economic problems but asking Canada to fork over Thirty Billion for Stealth Fighters is RIDICULOUS! For one thing, Tax paying Canadians are already stretched to the limit economically and for another, Canadians are peace loving people!...

WHEN THE US GOVERNMENT THREATENS THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, IT IS TIME TO CHANGE THE US GOVERNMENT.

The primary season is now just beginning to heat up. With all the rhetoric floating around now much of which is so toxic that neither man, animal, nor the environment will ever be safe if Republican candidates actually are allowed to follow through with their diabolical plans. All those TV adds, wit...

LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA - The myth was that we were going to witness a battle of wits in discussing the role of forests in preventing or not preventing floods. The reality was that for 3.5 hours, we were witness to the gusts of winds about disaster risk reduction and management, the tectonic shifts of vol...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, there is nothing like cold hard facts to batter down the resistance of cold hard people attempting to ignore the cold hard facts. The ENS newswire is one of the best places to find cold hard facts. One cold hard fact is that Japan is joining Europe in the r...

We are entering an increasingly dangerous period in the history of mankind. Our world, our oceans are so precariously close to causing unimaginable, catastrophic disaster for all life on planet Earth. Ever since the dawn of man all of humanity has survived on various sources of food. But, the one so...

Can a major oil company really manipulate the price of oil to its advantage with others in the industry? It is a constant allegation. Take a look under the hood of this re-cycled theory.

What if Occupy Wall Street Becomes so large it converts into an alternative National Government?

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, I enjoy giving out credit when it is well deserved and the 'Center for Responsive Politics' deserves all the credit for their informative article...> "Please don't hesitate to use this information, but please credit the Center for Responsive Politics if ...

Alien ET UFO Investigative Reports - Taking Notes 11-11-11 Sharing Our Stories on Blogs and Websites today! We appreciate UFO Digest.com by Dirk Vander Ploeg for keeping those who are writers involved in the ACE "Alien Civilizations Exist!" Movement Connected.There are also various types, categories, and descriptions: 1. General Field Sighting Overhead 2. Electrical and/or Magnetic 3. Landing Traces/Crop Circles 4. Animal Affected 5. Psychosocial-Psychological 6. Photographic/Video 7.Entity Sightings/Interaction 8.Aviation/Radar 9.Animal Surgical Death 10. Entity Sighting/Abduction 11. ET Contact 12. Paranormal Experiences 13. Organic - Psychiatric/Disassociation-Dissociate

Compromise has a long history in America for we were born in compromise.

The Italian designed Primavera Residences in Pueblo de Oro Business Park, Cagayan de Oro wins another feather in its cap from the South East Asian Property Awards.

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, remember how Monsanto genetically modified Soya and Corn seeds in order to make the plants more resistant to thier basic weed killing product Roundup, and then they forced farmers to accept only their modified Monsanto patented seeds under penalty of a mora...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, I don't believe that a religious family man like President Barack Obama is pro cluster Bombs. Somebody is doing this behind his back and I suspect it is somebody within the Republican Congress of the United States. ------------------ Dear friends, ...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, Women are wonderful! They do anything Men can do and often they do it better! For Decades the males within the U.S. Federal government have been acting like selfish fools! With corruption at an all time high, maybe it is time for a change? Maybe if enough W...

MANILA - What in the world does "genome sequencing" mean, and why should a poor farmer of pigeon pea in the drylands of Africa or Asia care? It's a saving crop. First of all, those who depend on pigeon pea for protein total more than 1 billion people. Pigeon pea is planted by poor farmers in 5 m...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, the "United States" of America have great need for a new political Party to represent them in Washington. A new Party that will act to represent the average middle class working American. A political Party that is Democratically Progressive, Green oriented ...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, most of you have heard of Jack Abramoff. He was sent to jail for corrupting United States Congressmen. Today, he spills the beans on how exactly it was done and continues to be done in Washington..> AlterNet.org HOME ABOUT CONTACT ADVERTISE DONATE LOG...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, the Humanitarian Freedom Wave for the people of Gaza is in full operation and your help is needed! The following is is a call to action!.. -----------------> CALL TO ACTION http://www.tahrir.ca/content/call-action-we-need-waves-support-gaza November...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, it appears that American Military personnel are not exempt from bad debts. With all the Billions the U.S. government spends on military hardware contracts, it is a surprise to find out that the average American soldier is troubled with bad debts! Read what ...

Pungent thoughts on Wall Street protest, Government Motors, Global Warming and the joys of the season.

Dear Michael Moore: I agree with you. Poverty is hell and I have been living in poverty all of my life. What is surprising, however, is that at 63 I am a happy human being even with MY damn chronic back pain condition! I never wanted to join the upper middle class and like you, I preferred to...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, if the Canadian Federal government continues to under-fund the Canadian Broadcasting System, the system will fail to produce the kind of public Media services Canadians have come to rely upon. Our CBC has been around for Sixty years and has proven itself t...

Ascensin Age the Golden Age of Cosmology begings 11-11-11 as the opening of the IMMORTALS movie will begin showing in the world. A widely used quote from Carl Sagan's Cosmos, page 140 is: "Some foolish men declare that Creator made the world. The doctrine that the world was created is ill-advised, and should be rejected. If god created the world, where was he before creation? If you say he was transcendent then, and needed no support, where is he now?",

Recently, Jeff embarked from Rao´s Coffee Roasting Company´s headquarters in Hadley, MA to an area of Brazil he calls the "Lost Coffee Land of Guaramirganga", a region that, although little known in mainstream coffee circles, once produced some of Brazil´s finest coffee.

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, some of you may want to know who (besides myself ;) runs the world? The following is from the "New Scientist" Web site..http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228354.500-revealed--the-capitalist-network-that-runs-the-world.html> --------------------------...