Positive News 12-14-05
US NEWS
NBC DECIDES PAMELA ANDERSON
POLE DANCING IS NOT FOR PRIME TIME!
The networks are constantly being bashed for their
programming decisions and this time they got it right!
"Elton John: The Red Piano," a Las Vegas extravaganza
taped at Caesars Palace, aired Monday night without
a segment which featured a scantily clad Pam Anderson
doing her best impression of a stripper.
After an assessment by its standards and practices
department the network decided the material didn't
mesh with the time slot.
"We believed the content was not appropriate for 8 p.m.
-7 central time and decided to pull the song from the
special," NBC said in a statement Tuesday.
In Shift, US Agrees to Future Climate Talks
Stephen Leahy, Inter Press Service (IPS)
BROOKLIN, Canada, Dec 10 (IPS) - More than
150 nations agreed early Saturday to launch
formal talks on mandatory post-2012 reductions
in greenhouse gases at the U.N. conference on
climate change in Montreal.
A last minute capitulation by the U.S. to participate
in future climate change discussions on a non-Kyoto
track led to the final agreement.
"This has been one of the most productive U.N. climate
change conferences ever," said Richard Kinley, acting
head of the United Nations' Climate Change Secretariat.
"This plan sets the course for future action on climate
change," said Kinley in a statement. "The environmental
community is very pleased with the outcome," agreed
Matthew Bramley of the Pembina Institute, a Canadian
environmental NGO.
"Getting the U.S. to agree to something opened the door
for some countries to sign on to formal post-Kyoto talks,"
Bramley told IPS Saturday morning.
Canada played a key role by being determined to get an
agreement, he said.
The full story click here
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Iraqis Go to the Polls in 15 Countries
AMMAN, Jordan - Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi
expatriates voting in 15 countries around the globe
in parliamentary elections Tuesday said they want
stability and an end to the violence in Iraq.
But their ideas of how to get there were as divided
as their communities back home. Sunni Arab, Shiite .
and Kurdish concerns were reflected among many
of the Iraqis living in neighboring countries, Europe
and the United States.
Voters came from all stages of their country's stormy
past — those who fled Saddam Hussein's regime,
others who left amid the 2003 U.S.-led invasion or
took refuge abroad from the relentless bloodshed
that followed.
Iraqis living outside Iraq and born on or before
31 December 1987 can participate in the Iraq
Out-of-Country Voting Program for the forthcoming
Council of Representatives Elections according to
the Iraqi Constitution.
Registration and voting will take place at the same time,
from 13 to 15 December 2005.
The countries hosting the vote were chosen because
they had the largest concentrations of Iraqis: Australia,
the United States, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France,
Germany, Austria, Iran, Jordan, the Netherlands,
Sweden, Syria, Turkey and United Arab Emirates.
For more information click here
Oldest Maya Mural Uncovered in Guatemala
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID,
AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON - Archaeologist William Saturno
said Tuesday he was awe-struck when he uncovered
a Maya mural not seen for nearly two millennia.
Discovered at the San Bartolo site in Guatemala,
the mural covers the west wall of a room attached
to a pyramid, Saturno said at a briefing.
In brilliant color, the mural tells the Maya story
of creation, he said. It was painted about 100 B.C.,
but later covered when the room was filled in.
"It could have been painted yesterday," Saturno
said in a briefing organized by the National Geographic
Society, which supported his work and will detail the
finding in the January issue of its magazine.
On the Net:
National Geographic: http://www.nationalgeographic.com
Virgin Spaceport to Be Built in N.M.
By JANE WARDELL,
AP Business Writer
LONDON - Virgin Galactic, the British company
created by entrepreneur Richard Branson to send
tourists into space, and New Mexico announced
an agreement Tuesday for the state to build a
$225 million spaceport.
Virgin Galactic also revealed that up to 38,000
people from 126 countries have paid a deposit
for a seat on one of its manned commercial flights,
including a core group of 100 "founders" who have
paid the initial $200,000 cost of a flight upfront.
Virgin Galactic is planning to begin flights in late
2008 or early 2009.
For more info click here
Positive News Network celebrates these Positive
developments in our world and continues to see
progress toward a more just and positive world.
NBC DECIDES PAMELA ANDERSON
POLE DANCING IS NOT FOR PRIME TIME!
The networks are constantly being bashed for their
programming decisions and this time they got it right!
"Elton John: The Red Piano," a Las Vegas extravaganza
taped at Caesars Palace, aired Monday night without
a segment which featured a scantily clad Pam Anderson
doing her best impression of a stripper.
After an assessment by its standards and practices
department the network decided the material didn't
mesh with the time slot.
"We believed the content was not appropriate for 8 p.m.
-7 central time and decided to pull the song from the
special," NBC said in a statement Tuesday.
In Shift, US Agrees to Future Climate Talks
Stephen Leahy, Inter Press Service (IPS)
BROOKLIN, Canada, Dec 10 (IPS) - More than
150 nations agreed early Saturday to launch
formal talks on mandatory post-2012 reductions
in greenhouse gases at the U.N. conference on
climate change in Montreal.
A last minute capitulation by the U.S. to participate
in future climate change discussions on a non-Kyoto
track led to the final agreement.
"This has been one of the most productive U.N. climate
change conferences ever," said Richard Kinley, acting
head of the United Nations' Climate Change Secretariat.
"This plan sets the course for future action on climate
change," said Kinley in a statement. "The environmental
community is very pleased with the outcome," agreed
Matthew Bramley of the Pembina Institute, a Canadian
environmental NGO.
"Getting the U.S. to agree to something opened the door
for some countries to sign on to formal post-Kyoto talks,"
Bramley told IPS Saturday morning.
Canada played a key role by being determined to get an
agreement, he said.
The full story click here
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Iraqis Go to the Polls in 15 Countries
AMMAN, Jordan - Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi
expatriates voting in 15 countries around the globe
in parliamentary elections Tuesday said they want
stability and an end to the violence in Iraq.
But their ideas of how to get there were as divided
as their communities back home. Sunni Arab, Shiite .
and Kurdish concerns were reflected among many
of the Iraqis living in neighboring countries, Europe
and the United States.
Voters came from all stages of their country's stormy
past — those who fled Saddam Hussein's regime,
others who left amid the 2003 U.S.-led invasion or
took refuge abroad from the relentless bloodshed
that followed.
Iraqis living outside Iraq and born on or before
31 December 1987 can participate in the Iraq
Out-of-Country Voting Program for the forthcoming
Council of Representatives Elections according to
the Iraqi Constitution.
Registration and voting will take place at the same time,
from 13 to 15 December 2005.
The countries hosting the vote were chosen because
they had the largest concentrations of Iraqis: Australia,
the United States, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France,
Germany, Austria, Iran, Jordan, the Netherlands,
Sweden, Syria, Turkey and United Arab Emirates.
For more information click here
Oldest Maya Mural Uncovered in Guatemala
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID,
AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON - Archaeologist William Saturno
said Tuesday he was awe-struck when he uncovered
a Maya mural not seen for nearly two millennia.
Discovered at the San Bartolo site in Guatemala,
the mural covers the west wall of a room attached
to a pyramid, Saturno said at a briefing.
In brilliant color, the mural tells the Maya story
of creation, he said. It was painted about 100 B.C.,
but later covered when the room was filled in.
"It could have been painted yesterday," Saturno
said in a briefing organized by the National Geographic
Society, which supported his work and will detail the
finding in the January issue of its magazine.
On the Net:
National Geographic: http://www.nationalgeographic.com
Virgin Spaceport to Be Built in N.M.
By JANE WARDELL,
AP Business Writer
LONDON - Virgin Galactic, the British company
created by entrepreneur Richard Branson to send
tourists into space, and New Mexico announced
an agreement Tuesday for the state to build a
$225 million spaceport.
Virgin Galactic also revealed that up to 38,000
people from 126 countries have paid a deposit
for a seat on one of its manned commercial flights,
including a core group of 100 "founders" who have
paid the initial $200,000 cost of a flight upfront.
Virgin Galactic is planning to begin flights in late
2008 or early 2009.
For more info click here
Positive News Network celebrates these Positive
developments in our world and continues to see
progress toward a more just and positive world.
posted by Mr. Positive! at 6:46 PM
1 Comments:
The fact that the Pamela Anderson striptease dance was cut out is good news indeed. I think there was a joke about it, that the dance wowed even Elton John. That shows that the networks really do care sometimes about the viewers. They care that we don't want to see trash. I think the Janet Jackson incident taught the networks that the American people still have some good taste.
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