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		<title>The Corn (Ethanol) Conundrum</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/the-corn-ethanol-conundrum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biofuel's carbon footprint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corn-based biofuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corn-based ethanol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethanol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food crop displacement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fuel sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenhouse gas emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low-carbon renewable fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petroleum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US ethanol industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US federal government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While corn-based biofuel, particularly corn-based ethanol, has been touted to be the most viable alternative to petroleum and other fossil fuels, the production of such grain-based alternative has sparked many a debate as to its supposed environmental sustainability. Food crop displacement is just one of the trade-offs in the burgeoning ethanol industry. Nowhere is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man can learn from the chimp on how to become a better human</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/man-can-learn-from-the-chimp-on-how-to-become-a-better-human/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/man-can-learn-from-the-chimp-on-how-to-become-a-better-human/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books &amp; Literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Critic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[altruism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonobos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capuchins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chimps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competitiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conflict resolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cooperation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[empathy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food-sharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frans de Waal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inequity aversion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kindness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monkeys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonhuman primates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primate social behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primates and mammals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primatologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[survival instinct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=33836</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Frans de Waal’s The Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society is a lesson for humans, culled from studies on primate behavior. The fascinating lessons push the boundaries between man and animal. The book is also a plea for the use in human society of the concept of ‘living together.’ Frans de Waal, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook patents ‘feed’</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/facebook-patents-feed/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/facebook-patents-feed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discoveries &amp; Developments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet and New Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feed advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feed filters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feed search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generation of feed stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linkedin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mark Zuckerberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news stream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online social activity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patent infringement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networking news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networking tool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networking updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ssocial networking sites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=33835</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Facebook, the world leader in social networking sites, won a major patent for the news distribution services in social networks known as ‘feed.’ The award is described as “Dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network.” With this new patent that was first requested in 2006, Facebook can now run after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Ministerial Environment Forum: alleviating the frustrations in Copenhagen</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/global-ministerial-environment-forum-alleviating-the-frustrations-in-copenhagen/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/global-ministerial-environment-forum-alleviating-the-frustrations-in-copenhagen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Achim Steiner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adopting low-carbon green economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bali]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copenhagen climate summit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental ministers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Ministerial Environment Forum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal traffic of toxic waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international environmental management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nusa Dua Declaration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preserving biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNEP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=33833</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over 130 countries have agreed to the Nusa Dua Declaration on the environment, a proclamation that covers the major issues of green economies, biodiversity, and international environmental management. The monumental mandate of the declaration is to underscore the importance of preserving biodiversity and the need to adopt a low-carbon green economy to halt the ill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dubai assassination of Hamas co-founder: a field day for media commentators</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/dubai-assassination-of-hamas-co-founder-a-field-day-for-media-commentators/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/dubai-assassination-of-hamas-co-founder-a-field-day-for-media-commentators/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assassination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[controversy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dubai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dubai police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamas military commander]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kidnapping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mahmoud al-Mabhouh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mossad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestinians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suicide bombing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Much mystery remains to shroud the assassination of Hamas man Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai. al-Mabhouh was a senior Hamas military commander and one of the founders of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian socio-political organization Hamas. Much controversy surrounds the death. After all, here is an Arab fundamentalist killed in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Developing Countries: ‘New Frontier’ for Tobacco Marketing</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/developing-countries-%e2%80%98new-frontier%e2%80%99-for-tobacco-marketing/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/developing-countries-%e2%80%98new-frontier%e2%80%99-for-tobacco-marketing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health &amp; Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sci + Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-smoking campaign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-tobacco lobby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deaths due to smoking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developing countries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emerging economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margaret Chan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobacco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobacco advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobacco global markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobacco marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobacco taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WHO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Health Organization]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to data, only 5% of the world’s population or some 154 million people benefit from anti-smoking laws. Additionally, statistics show that passive smoking is responsible for about 600,000 deaths a year. The anti-tobacco lobby is a lost battle especially in developing countries and emerging economies where smoke-free laws are not strictly implemented, if ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan to build Iran’s five nuclear plants</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/japan-to-build-iran%e2%80%99s-five-nuclear-plants/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/japan-to-build-iran%e2%80%99s-five-nuclear-plants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building nuclear weapon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IAEA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Atomic Energy Agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran nuclear program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran nuclearization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan investment in Iran nuclear plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natanz nuclear power plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[negotiations with Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sanctions against Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Iran is willing to grant Japan the contract for the construction of five new nuclear plants, according to Iranian Parliamentary Foreign Policy and National Security Committee Chairman Alaeddin Boroujerdi. He adds that ‘Japan’s participation would be in the interest of both the Government of Japan and private companies.’ Japan is being allowed to invest in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Developing countries: drowning in hazardous e-waste</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/developing-countries-drowning-in-hazardous-e-waste/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/developing-countries-drowning-in-hazardous-e-waste/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developing countries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discarded electronic products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-waste disposal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-waste recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronic Waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global e-waste generation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hazardous chemicals in e-waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology junk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNEP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United nations Environment Programme]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), entitled Recycling – From E-waste to Resources, discloses the amount of e-waste being generated in 11 countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The data on current estimates are also used to project future e-waste e-waste is just a euphemism for waste materials coming from products [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coordination of aid to Haiti: deficient or disastrous?</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/coordination-of-aid-to-haiti-deficient-or-disastrous/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/coordination-of-aid-to-haiti-deficient-or-disastrous/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Critic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Society &amp; Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aid coordination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disaster management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disaster Relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disaster victims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humanitarian aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humanitarian relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IDB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inter-American Development Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural disaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reconstruction funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=33188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 18, the United Nations had the largest fund-raising in its history, garnering $1.44 billion for emergency aid to Haiti in 2010. However, there has been a lot of criticism regarding the failure of coordination of such a humanitarian aid among the UN agencies and NGO recipients of these funds. Huge humanitarian needs remain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global warming alarm (amid snow and more snow): to see it is to (not) believe it?</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/global-warming-alarm-amid-snow-and-more-snow-to-see-it-is-to-not-believe-it/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/global-warming-alarm-amid-snow-and-more-snow-to-see-it-is-to-not-believe-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alarmist propaganda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ClimateGate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nightmares]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scientific community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scientific data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[western society]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stacy Webber in David Horowitz’s NEWSREAL sums up the sentiments of climate change skeptics, and calls Global Warming aka Climate Change a junk science and that ‘if it were a monster, it would be Dracula.’ The victim, of course, is western society that is ready and primed to gobble up the alarmist propaganda. Thanks to [...]]]></description>
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