The world’s population right now is exploding. The United Nations predicted that from 5.3 billion people today, the world’s population is expected to swell to 9.2 billion in 2050, assuming that global fertility among women will drop from 2.05 to 2. Worldwide, the population is growing at 75 million people per year. From 2000 to […]
MENA’s oil and gas revenues to reach US$320B in 2010
For the next two and a half decades, the global energy demands are expected to grow and it is highly likely that the world’s energy needs would be more than 50 percent higher in 2030 than today, the International Energy Agency said. During that time, the annual average growth rate for the global energy […]
A VISION OF SILENCE AT STORM KING
I LOVE THIS PLACE… STORM KING’S SILENT ALLURE By Warren D. Jorgensen I make it a policy to tour any new area via bus on arrival, to get a larger overall view of the area, which is how Jean and I wound up on the on the tramway that transports visitors around the 500 acres […]
Importance of coffee break
Coffee break is such an inseparable part of man’s habit, especially to people, whose jobs entail long hours of daily toils. Whether it be in the office, factory or somewhere else, workers make it a habit to enjoy coffee break as a means to easing up boredom at the work places. In countries where reporting […]
SONNENBERG GARDENS, A TITANIC STORY
SONNENBERG: A VISIT TO A DIFFERENT TIME By Warren D. Jorgensen I took a break from a Finger Lakes wine tasting tour to visit Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion, stepping into a reliquary of a gilded age, discovering a woman whose love of flowers may have saved her life. In 1857, Mary Clark, daughter of then-Governor […]
ZEN AND THE SUNDAY MORNING RIDE
ZEN AND THE SUNDAY MORNING MOTORCYCLE RIDE By Warren D. Jorgensen I rolled up to the light and stopped, the muffled throbbing of the engine beneath me the sole sound in the morning air, the only other movement the sun rising slowly over Westchester, warming my back. A cool brisk wind blew out of the […]