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There will come a time when we will face a crossroads where we must choose to change or be enslaved by ideals. We must think for ourselves and not be caught up in the things that ultimately make us less evolved. We have the spirits of eternal beings, but live as though we have forgotten who we are and who we can become in this flesh. Read More

Our environment is changing rapidly and taking notice now can make a difference.

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World Events

The world is changing and some have taken notice. Has it changed or is it just repeating? Many are coming forward and talking about personal responsibility, corruption, conditioning, and a new age of global control. Some believe we have been like pawns on a chess board being controlled by the few. Others feel it is a spiritual warfare and others see it as a corruption based on greed. Regardless of which philosophy is the one of choice, there is a need to become aware and to understand what direction we as humans are taking.

We still go to war. This primitive behavior has been seen by some as a source for population control (reducing population), gaining resources, a chance to condition an armed group, or a way to boost the economy or personal wealth. Frankly, those of us that choose to evolve spiritually are disgusted that is still even an option. War in a civilized world should only be for defense. In fact, when you see the horrific pictures of our beautiful men and women slaughtered in photos and the pain and anguish of the parents, brothers, and mothers of the innocent, it is disturbing. Einstein said, " may the conscience and the common sense of the peoples be awakened, so that we may reach a new stage in the life of nations, where people will look back on war as an incomprehensible aberration of their forefathers!".

Even worse, some are predicting the end of the world. We have the right to personal responsibility and to think for ourselves. Do not be caught up in hopelessness. These things are here to make you aware and then to make you think. When we stop thinking, then we will become slaves to ignorance. We have been given this beautiful earth and the diverse creatures that inhabit it. Let us take care of what we have and remember that we belong to each other.

   
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**Some of the videos on this page include material that is about harsh human behavior. They are posted here to make us aware, but not to generalize any group of individuals. All cultures have had dark moments and we should all remember that these serve to remind us of where we never want to go again. Our desire is for humanity to move beyond these behaviors and to recognize that we all have value.


 

Our World  
   
Area total: 510.072 million sq km
land: 148.94 million sq km
water: 361.132 million sq km
note: 70.9% of the world's surface is water, 29.1% is land
Area - comparative land area about 16 times the size of the US
Elevation extremes lowest point: Bentley Subglacial Trench -2,540 m
note: in the oceanic realm, Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench is the lowest point, lying -10,924 m below the surface of the Pacific Ocean
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m
Natural resources the rapid depletion of nonrenewable mineral resources, the depletion of forest areas and wetlands, the extinction of animal and plant species, and the deterioration in air and water quality (especially in Eastern Europe, the former USSR, and China) pose serious long-term problems that governments and peoples are only beginning to address
Land use arable land: 13.31%
permanent crops: 4.71%
other: 81.98% (2005)
Environment - current issues large areas subject to overpopulation, industrial disasters, pollution (air, water, acid rain, toxic substances), loss of vegetation (overgrazing, deforestation, desertification), loss of wildlife, soil degradation, soil depletion, erosion; global warming becoming a greater concern
Suggested Age the world is now thought to be about 4.55 billion years old, just about one-third of the 13.7-billion-year age estimated for the universe
Population 6,706,993,152 (July 2008 est.)
Age structure 0-14 years: 27.3% (male 944,665,142/female 887,471,328)
15-64 years: 65.1%
65 years and over: 7.6% (male 222,808,372/female 284,647,297) (2008 est.)
Median age total:
male: 27.4 years
female: 28.7 years (2008 est.)
Population growth rate 1.188% (2008 est.)
Birth rate 20.18 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Death rate 8.23 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Sex ratio at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2008 est.)
Infant mortality rate total: 42.09 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 44.91 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 39.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Life expectancy total population: 66.26 years
male: 64.3 years
female: 68.35 years (2008 est.)
Total fertility rate 2.61 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Religions Christians 33.32% (of which Roman Catholics 16.99%, Protestants 5.78%, Orthodox 3.53%, Anglicans 1.25%), Muslims 21.01%, Hindus 13.26%, Buddhists 5.84%, Sikhs 0.35%, Jews 0.23%, Baha'is 0.12%, other religions 11.78%, non-religious 11.77%, atheists 2.32% (2007 est.)
Languages Mandarin Chinese 13.22%, Spanish 4.88%, English 4.68%, Arabic 3.12%, Hindi 2.74%, Portuguese 2.69%, Bengali 2.59%, Russian 2.2%, Japanese 1.85%, Standard German 1.44%, French 1.2% (2005 est.)
note: percents are for "first language" speakers only
Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 82%
male: 87%
female: 77%
note: over two-thirds of the world's 785 million illiterate adults are found in only eight countries (India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Egypt); of all the illiterate adults in the world, two-thirds are women; extremely low literacy rates are concentrated in three regions, South and West Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Arab states, where around one-third of the men and half of all women are illiterate (2005 est.)
Administrative divisions 266 nations, dependent areas, and other entities
Legal system all members of the UN are parties to the statute that established the International Court of Justice (ICJ) or World Court
Economy - overview Global output rose by 5.2% in 2007, led by China (11.4%), India (9.2%), and Russia (8.1%). The 14 other successor nations of the USSR and the other old Warsaw Pact nations again experienced widely divergent growth rates; the three Baltic nations continued as strong performers, in the 8%-10% range of growth. From 2006 to 2007 growth rates slowed in all the major industrial countries except for the United Kingdom (3.1%). Analysts attribute the slowdown to uncertainties in the financial markets and lowered consumer confidence. Worldwide, nations varied widely in their growth results. Externally, the nation-state, as a bedrock economic-political institution, is steadily losing control over international flows of people, goods, funds, and technology. Internally, the central government often finds its control over resources slipping as separatist regional movements - typically based on ethnicity - gain momentum, e.g., in many of the successor states of the former Soviet Union, in the former Yugoslavia, in India, in Iraq, in Indonesia, and in Canada. Externally, the central government is losing decisionmaking powers to international bodies, notably the EU.
GDP (purchasing power parity) GWP (gross world product): $65.61 trillion (2007 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate) GWP (gross world product): $54.62 trillion (2007 est.)
GDP - composition by sector agriculture: 4%
industry: 32%
services: 64% (2007 est.)
Labor force 3.131 billion (2007 est.)
Unemployment rate 30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (2007 est.)
Industries dominated by the onrush of technology, especially in computers, robotics, telecommunications, and medicines and medical equipment; most of these advances take place in OECD nations; only a small portion of non-OECD countries have succeeded in rapidly adjusting to these technological forces; the accelerated development of new industrial (and agricultural) technology is complicating already grim environmental problems
Electricity - production 18.58 trillion kWh (2005 est.)
Electricity - consumption 16.83 trillion kWh (2005 est.)
Electricity - exports 634.8 billion kWh (2005)
Electricity - imports 620.5 billion kWh (2005)
Oil - production 78.9 million bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - consumption 80.29 million bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - proved reserves 1.336 trillion bbl (1 January 2006 est.)
Natural gas - production 2.854 trillion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - consumption 3 trillion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves 172 trillion cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
Exports - commodities the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services
top ten - share of world trade: electrical machinery, including computers 14.8%; mineral fuels, including oil, coal, gas, and refined products 14.4%; nuclear reactors, boilers, and parts 14.2%; cars, trucks, and buses 8.9%; scientific and precision instruments 3.5%; plastics 3.4%; iron and steel 2.7%; organic chemicals 2.6%; pharmaceutical products 2.6%; diamonds, pearls, and precious stones 1.9% (2006 est.)
Exports - partners US 13.5%, Germany 7.4%, China 6.6%, France 4.6%, UK 4.5%, Japan 4.1% (2007)
Debt - external $51.78 trillion
note: this figure is the sum total of all countries' external debt, both public and private (2004 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular 2,168,433,600 (2005)
Internet users 1,018,057,389 (2005)
Airports total airports - 49,024
top ten by passengers: Atlanta - 84,846,639; Chicago - 77,028,134; London - 67,530,197; Tokyo - 65,810,672; Los Angeles - 61,041,066; Dallas/Fort Worth - 60,226,138; Paris - 56,849,567; Frankfurt - 52,810,683; Beijing - 48,654,770; Denver - 47,325,016
top ten by cargo (metric tons): Memphis - 3,692,081; Hong Kong - 3,609,780; Anchorage - 2,691,395; Seoul - 2,336,572; Tokyo - 2,280,830; Shanghai - 2,168,122; Paris - 2,130,724; Frankfurt - 2,127,646; Louisville (US) - 1,983,032; Singapore - 1,931,881 (2006)
Roadways total: 32,345,165 km (2002)
Ports and terminals top ten container ports (TEUs): Singapore - 24,792,400; Hong Kong - 23,539,000; Shanghai - 21,710,000; Shenzhen (China) - 18,468,890; Busan (South Korea) - 12,030,000; Kaohsiung (Taiwan) - 9,774,670; - Rotterdam - 9,603,000; Dubai (UAE) - 8,923,465; Hamburg - 8,861,545; Los Angeles - 8,469,853 (2006)
Greatest Ocean Depth the Mariana Trench at 10,924 m in the Pacific Ocean
  source:cia.gov

Poverty  
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Where did money come from? Who made the rules?

 
Which One Has the Crisis ?!

Iraq  
 Environmental Issues  
International Campaign To Abolish Nuclear Weapons Nuclear Power- Did we really need to do this to the planet?
 

 

NEVER AGAIN- should we do this to each other.

Hiroshima & Nagasaki: Atomic Bombing of Japan

 

 

 

UNITED STATES  
Read the US Constitution Here
Population 303,824,640 (July 2008 est.)
Area total: 9,826,630 sq km
land: 9,161,923 sq km
water: 664,707 sq km
note: includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia
Climate mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
Terrain vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii
Natural resources coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber
Environment - current issues air pollution resulting in acid rain in both the US and Canada; the US is the largest single emitter of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels; water pollution from runoff of pesticides and fertilizers; limited natural fresh water resources in much of the western part of the country require careful management; desertification
Life expectancy total population: 78.14 years
male: 75.29 years
female: 81.13 years (2008 est.)
Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)
Government Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition
Constitution 17 September 1787, effective 4 March 1789
Legal system federal court system based on English common law; each state has its own unique legal system, of which all but one (Louisiana, which is still influenced by the Napoleonic Code) is based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Political parties Democratic Party, Green Party; Libertarian Party,Republican Party
GDP $13.78 trillion (2007 est.)
Population below poverty line 12% (2004 est.)
Public debt 60.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Electricity - production by source fossil fuel: 71.4%
hydro: 5.6%
nuclear: 20.7%
other: 2.3% (2001)
Oil - consumption 20.8 million bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - exports 1.048 million bbl/day (2004)
Oil - imports 13.15 million bbl/day (2004)
Oil - reserves 21.76 billion bbl (1 January 2006 est.)
Natural gas - consumption 604 billion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - exports 19.8 billion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - imports 117.9 billion cu m (2005)
Exports $1.148 trillion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities agricultural products (soybeans, fruit, corn) 9.2%, industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%, capital goods (transistors, aircraft, motor vehicle parts, computers, telecommunications equipment) 49.0%, consumer goods (automobiles, medicines) 15.0% (2003)
Imports $1.968 trillion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities agricultural products 4.9%, industrial supplies 32.9% (crude oil 8.2%), capital goods 30.4% (computers, telecommunications equipment, motor vehicle parts, office machines, electric power machinery), consumer goods 31.8% (automobiles, clothing, medicines, furniture, toys) (2003)
Imports - partners China 16.9%, Canada 15.7%, Mexico 10.6%, Japan 7.4%, Germany 4.8% (2007)
Debt - external $12.25 trillion (30 June 2007)
Exchange rates British pounds per US dollar: 0.4993 (2007), 0.5418 (2006), 0.5493 (2005), 0.5462 (2004), 0.6125 (2003)
Canadian dollars per US dollar: 1.0724 (2007), 1.1334 (2006), 1.2118 (2005), 1.3010 (2004), 1.4011 (2003)
Japanese yen per US dollar: 117.99 (2007), 116.18 (2006) 110.22 (2005), 108.19 (2004), 115.93 (2003)
euros per US dollar: 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.8860 (2003)
Chinese yuan per US dollar: 7.61 (2007), 7.97 (2006), 8.1943 (2005), 8.2768 (2004), 8.2770 (2003)
  Source: cia.gov

 

 

Many troops are dying and many are coming back with mental and physical illness. When they return, they are different people. Some are proud of their bravery, some are angry, and some are very sad. No matter our stand on war, we owe them our respect. It is these men that one day may stand between us and those who seek to destroy us. They have laid their lives on a line believing that they are fighting for what is good.

Perhaps, one day we can move beyond war. Until then, let us support our people in a humanitarian way. Operation Gatitude sends supplies to these troops that help them while they are in harsh conditions. Simple things can make such a difference.

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Our country is ailing. That is the bad news. The good news is that the remedy is so simple and attractive: a return to the principles our Founders taught us. Respect for the Constitution, the rule of law, individual liberty, sound money, and a noninterventionist foreign policy constitute the foundation of the Campaign for Liberty.

 

Campaign for Liberty

 
  Human Radiation Experiments
 
Aspects of Nuclear Radiation (1950's propaganda) Rep. Ed Markey Speaks Against Nuclear Energy and says we can make them obsolete.
   
 
 

What you can do: It only takes a few moments to fill out an online email. Write your representative here: http://www.house.gov/writerep/

 
   
Good people come together to help the people of the Nepal. Katrina- Volunteers
 
Congressman Ron Paul comments Congressman Ron Paul on America
   
   
HAARP CBC Broadcast Weather control part 1- Experts Explain - Chemtrials- New Mexico

 

NASA, ESA, and M. Brown (California Institute of Technology)

Read more on the science page here.
   
FOX NEWS- Unidentified objects filmed by NASA CNN - talks about picture from Mars
   
Footage of Moon Eclipse. Tether
   
Above the earth Above the earth
   
Crash Landing  
   

 

Canada  
 
Population 33,212,696 (July 2008 est.)
Life Expectancy total population: 81.16 years
male: 78.65 years
female: 83.81 years (2008 est.)
Natural hazards continuous permafrost in north is a serious obstacle to development; cyclonic storms form east of the Rocky Mountains, a result of the mixing of air masses from the Arctic, Pacific, and North American interior, and produce most of the country's rain and snow east of the mountains
Environment - current issues air pollution and resulting acid rain severely affecting lakes and damaging forests; metal smelting, coal-burning utilities, and vehicle emissions impacting on agricultural and forest productivity; ocean waters becoming contaminated due to agricultural, industrial, mining, and forestry activities
Area total: 9,984,670 sq km
land: 9,093,507 sq km
water: 891,163 sq km
Government type constitutional monarchy that is also a parliamentary democracy and a federation
Constitution made up of unwritten and written acts, customs, judicial decisions, and traditions; the written part of the constitution consists of the Constitution Act of 29 March 1867, which created a federation of four provinces, and the Constitution Act of 17 April 1982, which transferred formal control over the constitution from Britain to Canada, and added a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as well as procedures for constitutional amendments
GDP (purchasing power parity) $1.271 trillion (2007 est.)
Unemployment rate 6% (2007 est.)
Agriculture wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; dairy products; forest products; fish
Industries transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed minerals, food products, wood and paper products, fish products, petroleum and natural gas
Electricity - production 609.6 billion kWh (2005)
Electricity - production by source fossil fuel: 28%
hydro: 57.9%
nuclear: 12.9%
other: 1.3% (2001)
Electricity - consumption 540.2 billion kWh (2005)
Electricity - exports 42.93 billion kWh (2005)
Electricity - imports 19.33 billion kWh (2005)
Oil - production 3.31 million bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - consumption 2.29 million bbl/day (2005)
Oil - exports 2.274 million bbl/day (2004)
Oil - imports 1.185 million bbl/day (2004)
Natural gas - production 178.2 billion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - consumption 92.76 billion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - exports 101.9 billion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - imports 9.403 billion cu m (2005)
Natural gas - proved reserves 1.537 trillion cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
Exports $431.1 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment; chemicals, plastics, fertilizers; wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, aluminum
Imports - partners US 54.4%, China 9.4%, Mexico 4.2% (2007)
Debt - external $758.6 billion (30 June 2007)
Market value of publicly traded shares $1.481 trillion (2005)
Exchange rates Canadian dollars per US dollar - 1.0724 (2007), 1.1334 (2006), 1.2118 (2005), 1.301 (2004), 1.4011 (2003)
Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)
  Source: cia.gov

 

Canada
 
 
 
Nuclear - not clean, not green
Toronto
 

Europe  
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Austria  
 
Population 8,205,533 (July 2008 est.)
Area total: 83,870 sq km
land: 82,444 sq km
water: 1,426 sq km
Land boundaries total: 2,562 km
border countries: Czech Republic 362 km, Germany 784 km, Hungary 366 km, Italy 430 km, Liechtenstein 35 km, Slovakia 91 km, Slovenia 330 km, Switzerland 164 km
Elevation extremes lowest point: Neusiedler See 115 m
highest point: Grossglockner 3,798 m
Climate temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers
Natural resources oil, coal, lignite, timber, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, magnesite, tungsten, graphite, salt, hydropower
Natural hazards landslides; avalanches; earthquakes
Environment - current issues some forest degradation caused by air and soil pollution; soil pollution results from the use of agricultural chemicals; air pollution results from emissions by coal- and oil-fired power stations and industrial plants and from trucks transiting Austria between northern and southern Europe
Environment - international agreements party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Life expectancy at birth total population: 79.36 years
male: 76.46 years
female: 82.41 years (2008 est.)
Total fertility rate 1.38 children born/woman (2008 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 10,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths fewer than 100 (2003 est.)
Ethnic groups Austrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, and Bosniaks), Turks 1.6%, German 0.9%, other or unspecified 2.4% (2001 census)
Religions Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 2%, none 12% (2001 census)
Languages German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 census)
Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: NA
female: NA
Constitution 1920; revised 1929; reinstated 1 May 1945; note - during the period 1 May 1934-1 May 1945 there was a fascist (corporative) constitution in place
Legal system civil law system with Roman law origin; judicial review of legislative acts by the Constitutional Court; separate administrative and civil/penal supreme courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Political parties and leaders Alliance for the Future of Austria or BZOe [Peter WESTENTHALER]; Austrian People's Party or OeVP [Wilhelm MOLTERER]; Freedom Party of Austria or FPOe [Heinz Christian STRACHE]; Social Democratic Party of Austria or SPOe [Werner FAYMANN]; The Greens [Alexander VAN DER BELLEN]
Land use arable land: 16.59%
permanent crops: 0.85%
other: 82.56% (2005)
  source cia.gov
   
Czech Republic  

Czech Republic Constitution
Population 10,220,911 (July 2008 est.)
Area total: 78,866 sq km
land: 77,276 sq km
water: 1,590 sq km
Area - comparative slightly smaller than South Carolina
Land boundaries total: 1,989 km
border countries: Austria 362 km, Germany 815 km, Poland 615 km, Slovakia 197 km
Terrain Bohemia in the west consists of rolling plains, hills, and plateaus surrounded by low mountains; Moravia in the east consists of very hilly country
Elevation extremes lowest point: Elbe River 115 m
highest point: Snezka 1,602 m
Natural resources hard coal, soft coal, kaolin, clay, graphite, timber
Land use arable land: 38.82%
permanent crops: 3%
other: 58.18% (2005)
Total renewable water resources 16 cu km (2005)
Natural hazards flooding
Environment - current issues air and water pollution in areas of northwest Bohemia and in northern Moravia around Ostrava present health risks; acid rain damaging forests; efforts to bring industry up to EU code should improve domestic pollution
Climate temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters
Age structure 0-14 years: 13.8% (male 723,521/female 684,786)
15-64 years: 71.2% (male 3,653,679/female 3,619,872)
65 years and over: 15.1% (male 604,419/female 934,634) (2008 est.)
Median age total: 39.8 years
male: 38.2 years
female: 41.6 years (2008 est.)
Birth rate 8.89 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Death rate 10.69 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Sex ratio at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2008 est.)
Life expectancy total population: 76.62 years
male: 73.34 years
female: 80.08 years (2008 est.)
Total fertility rate 1.23 children born/woman (2008 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 2,500 (2001 est.)
Ethnic groups Czech 90.4%, Moravian 3.7%, Slovak 1.9%, other 4% (2001 census)
Religions Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59% (2001 census)
Languages Czech 94.9%, Slovak 2%, other 2.3%, unidentified 0.8% (2001 census)
Literacy definition: NA
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)
Government type parliamentary democracy
Independence 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Constitution ratified 16 December 1992, effective 1 January 1993
Executive branch chief of state: President Vaclav KLAUS (since 7 March 2003)
head of government: Prime Minister Mirek TOPOLANEK (since 9 January 2007)
Judicial branch 10-year term
GDP (purchasing power parity) $251 billion (2007 est.)
Labor force 5.36 million (2007 est.)
Unemployment rate 6.6% (2007 est.)
Public debt 26% of GDP (2007 est.)
Agriculture - products wheat, potatoes, sugar beets, hops, fruit; pigs, poultry
Industries metallurgy, machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, glass, armaments
Industrial production growth rate 9.8% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production 77.38 billion kWh (2005)
Electricity - consumption 59.72 billion kWh (2005)
Oil - production 18,030 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - consumption 213,000 bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - exports 20,930 bbl/day (2004)
Oil - proved reserves 15 million bbl (1 January 2006 est.)
Natural gas - production 165 million cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - consumption 9.076 billion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - exports 81.52 million cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - imports 8.976 billion cu m (2005)
Natural gas - proved reserves 3.802 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
Exports $122.3 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities machinery and transport equipment 52%, raw materials and fuel 9%, chemicals 5% (2003)
Exports - partners Germany 30.9%, Slovakia 8.9%, Poland 6%, France 5.4%, UK 5%, Italy 4.9%, Austria 4.6% (2007)
Imports $116.6 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities machinery and transport equipment 46%, raw materials and fuels 15%, chemicals 10% (2003)
Imports - partners Germany 31.9%, Netherlands 6.8%, Slovakia 6.4%, Poland 6.3%, China 5.1%, Austria 5%, Russia 4.4%, Italy 4.4%, France 4.1% (2007)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold $34.59 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external $74.7 billion (31 December 2007
Exchange rates koruny per US dollar - 20.53 (2007), 22.596 (2006), 23.957 (2005), 25.7 (2004), 28.209 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular 13.075 million (2007)
Radio broadcast stations AM 31, FM 304, shortwave 17 (2000)
Internet hosts 1.668 million (2007)
Internet code .cz
Airports - with paved runways 122 (2007)
Railways total: 9,597 km
standard gauge: 9,597 km 1.435-m gauge (3,041 km electrified) (2006)
Manpower available for military service males age 16-49: 2,522,383
females age 16-49: 2,425,095 (2008 est.)
  source: cia.gov
   

Europe
UK/England Video on Chemtrails Chemtrials- In German.
Chemtrails en Santiago de Compostela.14-6-2008. 10,15.am. Chemtrails rainbow in Portugal sky / Santarém
   
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Japan  
Read the Japanese Consitution here.
Population 127,433,494 (July 2007 est. (cia.gov)
Land Area 377,835 sq km
Terrain mostly rugged and mountainous
Environmental Issues air pollution from power plant emissions results in acid rain; acidification of lakes and reservoirs degrading water quality and threatening aquatic life; Japan is one of the largest consumers of fish and tropical timber, contributing to the depletion of these resources in Asia and elsewhere
Life Expectancy total population: 82.07 years
male: 78.73 years
female: 85.59 years (2008 est.)
Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2002)
Government constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government
Unemployment 3.8% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production 1.025 trillion kWh (2005)
Natural gas - production 4.85 billion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - imports 77.6 billion cu m (2005)
Exports - commodities transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, electrical machinery, chemicals
Exports - partners US 20.4%, China 15.3%, South Korea 7.6%, Taiwan 6.3%, Hong Kong 5.4% (2007)
Debt - external $1.492 trillion (30 June 2007)
Exchange rates yen per US dollar - 117.99 (2007), 116.18 (2006), 110.22 (2005), 108.19 (2004), 115.93 (2003)
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Magnetic hybrid motorbike unveiled in Japan Description: Fighting to Save Taiji Dolphins
Description:WARNING: THIS IS SHOCKING.WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR DOLPHINS-by Susan Sarandon Japanese Comfort women- What happened to these beautiful women?
  The five Japanese fishing companies that owned the nation's whaling fleet recently announced that they're getting out of the whaling business! Read more here.

Unit 731 Japanese Torture & Human Medical Experiments-Hitler wasn't the only one to do horrific things to his own people. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE-NEVER AGAIN

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Read the ADDRESS OF PRINCE FUMIMARO KONOYE, PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, DELIVERED BEFORE THE 76TH SESSION OF THE IMPERIAL DIET

Tokyo, Japan, January 21, 1941 [1]

   

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