Category Archives: General Interest

One World Futbol: Football For All

By Oakland | Published: August 2, 2010
To play the most popular sport in the world, you need only one thing: a ball. The challenge to play football (soccer in American) in the poorest places is not lack of skilled feet, but keeping the ball from deflating and going flat.  Despite the humanitarian donations of footballs around the globe, many balls are soon useless because of hazards like broken glass. [...]
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Geologic Activity Update

By Oakland | Published: May 4, 2010
2010 has been a very active year for major geological activity. In addition to the 12th of January Haiti earthquake (7.0 on the Richter Scale), the 27th of February Chile earthquake (8.8), there have been major earthquakes in Sumatra (7.9 on the 6th of April) and Vanuatu (7.2 on the 27th of May). Equally as [...]
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